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One of the
Beſt Wits of Spain,
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May it pleaſe your Mit
Excellent Majcjty,
in, my Youth,was
the firſt Fruits of
my Travels, and
ought to have been offered in the
Years of my Minority , when
perhaps it had looked much more
like my ſelf chen it doth at pre-
ſent : But becauſe the Words
my are Mine, and the Sence
all
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T he Epiſtle Dedicatory,
Contrivance of a Serious Don ;
the Subject will be liable to ”o
other Incongruity , then that
which is now common 1in the
World, where we ſee Men
of Ye ay and Gravity drefled
in the Hair avd Faſhion of- the
Youthful. . But be the Attire
what it will, T am ſure the Sub-
ject, which 15 Morality, g1VINg
Rules for a Vertuous Md; Pru-
dent Lite . 1s ſeafonable in all
Ages ; and much more condu-
ducing to the common good of
Your "M ajeſties Kingdoms, then
the {warms of Libels. and Sed1-
tous Pamphlets, which filt the
T1 el ; 4'1-7 are the Fntertain-
m:nts of > *e:13 yl.o are v ancon
oe; Pat 2:.d
EASE Bert Feet” Uk, a
"OTOL WOE IDES
T he Epiſtle Dearectory.
and at eate. lr1s want of true
Morality which makes Met
Cenfurers of others Act:ons ,
neglecting in the mean time to
pry 1 their own : It makes
chem Proud, High-minded, and
Boaſters, and gives them corft-
dence | to arraign Princes, and
their Cabinet Counſels of Go-
vernment ; whilſt in the mea:
me tey are ſo far from Ru-
{1g their own little World with-
;n them, that tney are not able
to ſubdue a Paſson, or mode-
rate that little, or untowardly
Member ot their Tongue. But our
CRITICK , which ſuggeſts ber-
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ter things, doth w:th that Hu--
mility which he teaches, appear
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pefore your Majeſty, being con-
ducted to your Royal Preſence
by the Interpreter, who having
received Encouragement by the
Gracious Eye , your Majeſty
hath been; pleaſed to beltow on
his other 7 een doth with
greater Boldneſs, and yet with
due Reverence, tender this at
your Royal Feet, Praying al-
ways for the Jong Life of your
Sacred Majeſty, in which the
Peace, Proſperity, and Welfare
of your People 1s bound up ; and
_ that God Almighty may ever
Bleſs your Majeſty with Increaſe
of Honour, Trmumph;and oreater
Exaltarion of Glory, are the un-
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faigned , and fervent Prayers
of,
Moſt Dread $ over aign,
Your MAJESTIES
Moſt Dacitul Subject, and
moſt Humble Servant,
Paut Rrcaur,.
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Fen I was about the Age of |
2 Twenty, of which 1 had Fil
HE IMUDAY Five inthe Univerſity of Cam-
WP bridge my good Father, who
Was "> to beflow on me 4 Level
Education ( though ihe youngeſt of bis
Ten Sons ) and to improve me in all the
*Lano onages which are common to Europe,
thought fit to ſend me to the Court of
Spain 77 Fay with my eldeſt Bro-
« ther, whoſe prizcipal Buſeneſs there was
to recover a Debt of One hundred thou-
fone Pieces of Eight, which his Catholick
Majeſty
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Majeſty owed unto my Father : The Des.
mand was unqueſtionable, for the Account
was liquid, and clearly ftated by the
Councel of tne Pn a and the King
upon their report, was pleaſed to give ba
own Royal Firm for confirmation of it,
and to make ſeveral Decrees for the Pay:
ment ; but as the Proceedings in Spain
are always Dilatory, and the Kings Re-
venue moſt commonly Anticipated, our
private Pretenſuons were farced to give
place to the more impartunate Neceſſities
of the Publick, and afier a year and
halfs Sollicitation, we were diſpatched
thence with a poor Auyda de coſtas, or
ſomething under the name of a Laroveſs,
to bear our Expences, paid in Vellion, or
the Baſe Copper Maney of Spain. Since
which the Intereſt hath encreaſed without
either payment of it, or of the Principal,
though our King of Great Britain (who?
God preſerve) hath been graciouſly plea-
fed often to recommend our caſe to his
' Ambaſſadors ſent to Madrid, and to make
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it one particular in their InſtiruGions :
But all this being without - , 2ave
me often cauſe to conclude , that it was
| much better, and of more Security to have
| Mortgage on good Farms and Tenements
E7; England, then of honour to be a Cre-
ditor of the moſt Mighty and Potent Mo-
narch of both the Indies.
But T, who m the paity of my Touth,
little regarded the Intereft of Wealth ,
leawing that care to the incumbence of my
pions Parents, attended wholly to the Im-
provements of my Mind ; and to that
end, not to looſe time, I fludied awhile
at Alcala de Henares, called in Latin,
Collegium Compluſenſe , where T had
the Hoyour to be efteemed more for my
Skill inthe Latin Tongue, and my Facul-
_ ty an Poetry, then ever 1 had a Reputa- |
tion for in my own Univerſtty ; 1 there | ,
appled my ſelf eſpecially to learn the \ ,,
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Spaniſh Tongue, in gaining of which 1 |
'/ had ſomething more then an ordinary ad= | \ pj,
| &antage, by RS no eMrverſation with | .-
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Engliſh, and then this Book of the
Critick being newly publiſhed and recont-
mended to me for being wrote by one of
the beſt Wits and Pens of Spain ; I was
eaſily perſmaded to read it over; the
Stile being ſmooth and pleaſant in the
beginning, gave me an eaſie IntroduStion
to it; but the remainder being more harſh,
and crabbed, 1 forced my ſelf with ſome
difficulty to underſtand the ſence and þu-
mour of the Author, fancying in the
mean time, that I was entred into thoſe
ſteep and thorny ways of Vertue , which
Critilo teaches, and from which no diffi-
| culties onght to divert, or diſcourage a
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IWiſe and a reſolved Perſon. When I had
| once read it , I was ſo pleaſed with the
| Snbje, that T was willing to try how it
| wouldrunin Engliſh; which being feniſh-
ed, I was infinitely pleaſed with the Work ,
both for the Argument which 3s Yertue +
Morality, and for my own improvement
by the Tranſlation ; for it had almoſt
made me a Mafier of' the Spaniſh Tongue.
How-
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To the Reader.
Howſoever, as ' our greateſt Fnjoyments,
and things which pleaſe our Minds moſt
at firſt, grow dull, and diſreliſhing with
time; ſo theſe beloved Papers were neg-
leGed, and thrown by me whilſt I bad
occaſion to travel the World ; for I was
afterwards inItaly, and there I embarked
on the Fleet under command of General
Blake, and was preſent at the bur ing
of nine Turkiſh Ships, and batter ns the
Cafiles at Porta Farina, near Tunis; I
alſo ſpent ahout fo years 1 the | ow
Countries, when his Majeſty reſided at
Bruxelles; after which having the Eur-
ployment of Secretary to the Earl of
Winchilſea at Conſtantinople for ſe- ;
wen years, and Subſequent to that of |
Conſul at Smirna, for the ſpace of eleven
mare, | was fo taken vp with the Thoughts
and Buſineſs of that Country, that I had |
no leiſure to remember, or reflec upon my |
lzttle Critick. But now, being by Gods |
Providence returned to a more quiet, and |
repoſed life in my own Country,and tumbling |
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one day over my old Memoires, theſe Pa-
pers caſually offered themſelves to my
hands,torn and worm-eaten with bad Ink,
and in every manner ill treated. When T ſaw
them,l preſently knew and owned them, re-
calling them to my mind and acquaintance,
and with much eagerneſs and delight [
read them over, be: auſe they lively repre-
ſented to my Memory and Fancy the Ver-
elures of my Youth, which I found to be
over aff ectionate t0 0) ds. and Roman-
tick expreſſrons ; howſover T obſerved,
that I kept choſe to the ſence, ani that 1
was as faithful even in thoſe years to the
Author whom I tranſlated, as I was to the
Charge, and Intereft which I afterwards
undertook. And though in ny late per-
uſal of this Book, I have ſuffered it to
paſs with little alteration, that ſo it might
appear more like to a Produtt of my louth ;
yet having now ruminated with more ſe-
rious. and mature refletions, onthe ſub-
1 je& of its diſcourſe, then I was capable
to do formerly, my Tudgment tells me that
this
To the Reader.
this Treatiſe 1s neither mubeconting my
preſent years, nor unſeaſonable to the pre-
ſent.times. It begins like a Spaniſh No-
wel, placing the Scene of Diſcourſe in the
Ocean,and in the Iſle of St. Helen, where
a Man 1s ſtrangely figured to have been
encloſed in the darkneſs of a Cave, and
fed by Beaſts, until he arrived to ſome
maturity of age; which i purpoſely de-
ſreened to introduce the Notions, which a
Man may by the mere light of hs immate-
rzal Soul, without Sight , or Converſati-
on, conceive of a Deity, and of his own
Being. Then he Fancies, a Whirl-wind
or Hurricane to break open the Cavern of
this natural Man, and all on a ſudden to
repreſent a new Scene to him of Heaven,
and Earth, and Sea ; and then he ſtrives
zo expreſs the Extaſies of his Soul, and
tbe ſtraage Conceptions be muſt entertain
#pon the view of ſuch different Objects :
hence he deſcends from the Natural to
the Moral World, drawing a Scheme of
| the F olkes and Vanities of i, in order fo
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a true regulation of Life, builded on the
Foundation of Morality, and Vertue. 1 an
of opinion, that the Author of this Book
might originally bave deduced his fancy
from the Hiſtory of Hai Ebn Yokdhan ,
wrote in Arabick by Ebn Tophail, and”
Tranſlated into Latin by Dr. Pocock ;
and though there is much difference in the
relation of one, and the other, yet the de-
ſign of both 3s almoſt the ſame, being only
to ſhow how far the Spiritual and Immor-
tal Soul of Man, is able in its natural
capacity, and by its ownreflex a6ts to con-
ſider its proper being, and the exiſtence of
ſomething above it , and by degrees, and
fteps of exteriour Objefts to proceed unto
Rules for conſervation of its own well-
being, and that of others. The Subje&
of this fancy being much affeSied and en-
larged by Arabians, it « probable that
from them it was derived to the Moors,
who have the ſame Language with little
diverſity of Diale&4, and accent common
together : And the Spaniards, who =
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To the Reader.
the ſpace of 600 years bad the ſame
Country and Manners with Moors, eaſily
| received their Faſbions, Learning, Pro- |
; verbs, and every thing but their Religi-
| on: So that as their Cuſtoms and way of l
| living are different to other Nations of
| Europe, and moft reſemble that of the
| Eaſtern Conntriesz ſo their way of wri-
ting in Dialogues and Novels s mueb af- |
ter that manner , and is as well pleaſant |
and diverting in it ſelf, as it us curious |
to u5,who follow another form,and manner {|
in all our Books, and Treatiſes of Philoſo-
phy. And thus,Reader having given thee
ſome intimation concerning the ſubſtance
of this Book , the occaſion on which it
was tranſlated , and the Reaſons , why
after ſo” many years, it came to be pub-
liſhed. I have thee to a peruſal of
zt,zphich I beſeech thee to do,with the ſame
candour, which is to be allowed to the
Works of Vonthful Fancies. | Farewel,
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Spaniſh Criticks
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Critilo being Shipwrackt , nreets with
Andrenio, who renders a ftrange Ac+
count of bimfelf.
WH ISA OW both Worlds had kiſled the
Sr Ire Feet of Catholick Philip their Uni-
Sg verſzl Monarch : and the Circle of
his Royal Crown, the greateſt tage
the Sun runs both in the one and
» the other Hemiſphere : within
whoſe Cryſtaline Center lies enamellPd a ſmall Ie,
.or Pear! of the Sea, or A On of the Land : -
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-ſhouldſt never end: there is nothing more deſired, ;
. make him anſenſible of the good he receives at his
Nature is Capable to be, who firſt through a ſean-|
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which the Auguſt Emprels gave it her own Name,
that it might be Queen of all other Iſles, and Crown |
of the Ocean. This lile of Sz. Helens ( for ſo it ©
is called ) in the paſſage from one World to the |
other, yields refreſhment to the grand Cargaſon of
Europe, and hath always been a Free-Port, preſer-
ved y Divine Providence (between thoſe immenſe
Gulfs to afford entertainment for the Eaſters Catho-
lick Fleet. 1M
To this place a Shipwracked perſon endeavor*d |
to make his Port, who ſtriving with the Waves,and |
contending with the Winds, but more with his
own ſad difaſtures, a Monſter of Nature, and of 3
Fortune, a Swan in his Hoarineſs, and Voice, fi nk- ?
10g on his Plank, between the fatal Medium of Life, }
and Death, thus complained. O Life ! thou
ſhouldſt never have begun, but ſince thou haſt, thou 7
nor yet nothing more frail, than thou art, and he, |
who once looſeth thee , too late ſeeks to recover }
thee; for ever after 1 eſteem thee for Joſt : Na- |
ture hath ſhewed her ſelf a Step-mother to Man, |
denying him a ſenſe to rejoice at
Life. his Birth, and yet to fill him with
ſad apprehenhons at his Death : to]
Beginning , and yet to affright and torment him}
with a Combination of Miſchiefs at his End. O
Tyrant ! a thouſand times more cruel than Humane
dalous temerity truſted his Life to this inconſtantF:
Element - on no better ſupport than a frail Veſſel ;
5" SOS They ſay his Breaſt was covered with
triplex circa Steel, but I think it was doubled with "
peltua erat, c Iron, In yain haththe Supreme Pro-ſ.
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” ; vidence ſeparated Nations with Seas and Mountains,
ſince Humane boldneſs hath found a Bridge to
it tranſport its Malice. Whatſoever humane Induſtry
_ hath invented, hath been unfortunately retorted to
YL © jts own deſtruttion, Gun- powder, that horrible de-
o 'vourer of Lives, hath been an Inſtrument of great-
eſt Ruine; and what other is a Ship, but a Coffin
” Zro anticipate the Solemnities of Death, The Land
| ſeemed too narrow a Theater to act the Tragedies
” ! of Death, until man found ways to triumph on the
Fowrs and find a paſlage to his fatal Deſtiny through
” both Elements, By what other means needs unfortu-
k [nate Man: ſeek to periſh, than in the Hull of his own
e | Ship, which like a Scaffold ſeems erected for puniſh-
s * ment of his boldneſs: With Reaſondid Cato eſteem
od jamongſt the three Follies of his Lite, his embark-
a, Jing to have bcen the greateſt, O Fate ! O Hea-
_ Jvens! O Fortune ! though I would perſwade m
©, Kelf that I were ſomething, yet ſo dolt thou purſue
er | Jme, that when thon beginneſt, thou knowelſt no
*- Fend but mine. O! that now it were poſlible for
i", tne to be nothing, that I might diſclaim that Be-
*| ing, which is confined with Eternity.
ny In this manner he beat the Air with Sighs,
p
—] | vhilſt his Arms rowed the Waters, accompanying
im Fiis Art with Induſtry , he ſeemed to riſe above the
o F<ach of danger; for Perils do both fear and re-
pet great Perſons, whom Death it ſelf 1s ſome-
I Fimes ambitious to ſpare, and Fortune ſeeks occali-
"ns to advantage, Thus the Serpents ſpared A/-
1; ides, the Tempeſts Ceſar, the Sword Great Al x
n 76 uder, and Eullets had no Commiſſion for Chartes
ts be Fiſth. But alas! how Misfortunes are enwreathed,
1 Þne is but the Introduction, or but the Parent to
-—— Wnother; - for whe! he thought to reach the ſecure
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Boſom of our Common Mothers, he then began to
apprehend new fears, leſt the enraged Waves
ſhould daſh him againſt the Rocks, which were as
hard,as his Fortune was cruel ; the Earth too catched
at by his hands, crumbled between them, and tantali-
zed his hopes, when his Life ſeemed almoſt ſecured;
there being neither Water in the Seas, nor Earth on
the Land,to aſſiſt the Miſerable, Thus floated he be- ?
tween both Elements, in the Medium between Life, /
and Death, made a Sacrifice of his own Fortune :
when a ſprightly Youth, an Angel in his Appea- ?
rance, but much more in his Attions , ſtretched ':
forth his Arms to encloſe him , attrafting him as
the ſecret Virtue of the Loadſtone doth the Iron, ?
and ſecuring his Happineſs together with his Lite : }
And being now in Safety. on the Shoar, he ;
firſt kiſſed the Farth, and. caſting, his Eyes.up
© ©0 Heaven, he gave thanks for his Deliverance ; ;
and then returning to the Reſtorer of his Life, '
with open Arms, endeavoured to gratifie him with
Embraces, and Acknowledgments ; but he,that had
thus obliged him by Deeds, could not anſwer him
with Words, but only gave demonſtrations of the}
. of an aſtoniſhed admiration, to ſee one ſo like him-!
ſelf. The grateful Naufrague repeated the expreſ-
ſions of his thanks, and ſeconded his embraces, ask-:
ing him of his Health and Fortune ; to. all which the!
aſtoniſhed Iſlander was ſilent z wherefore he varied
his Idioms, and tryed him with ſome other Langua
ges, with which he was acquainted ; but in vai
fince he was a perſon void of Speech; ſo that turn
ing all into Signs and ACtions, he ceaſed not to be
hold,and adnure him, mixing the extremes of Wo
der with Contentment, One might reaſonabl
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have helieved him to have been ſome incult pro-
duct of thoſe Woods, but that this Iſland being
uninhabited by Mankind , could not be the native
Soil of Humane Race; beſides the fairneſs and length
of his Hair, andthe equal proportion of his Mouth,
was an argument that he was an Exropean ; the faſhion
of his Cloaths, or Garments, could yield no light to
! any Conjectures, being no other than Nakedneſs the
| Livery of Innocence. The Intelligent Naufrague rea-
' ſoned with himſelf, whether he was deſtitute of thoſe
| two Servantsof the Soul, Hearing, and Speech; but
his experience ſoon reſolved him in that, for he liſt-
y ned to the leaſt noiſe, and by his ready attention
could ſo aptly imitate the Voices of Beaſts, and
Chirping of Birds, with ſuch natural Propriety.that
he ſeemed better to underſtand Brutes than Men,
ſo prevalent is the force of Cuſtom, and Education.
From theſe ſenſitive Actions the vivacity of his Spi-
rit darted forth certain Rays, as through the twi-
light of Reaſon, the Soul labouring to ſhow, that
& where Education is wanting, Nature of it ſelf is
F wholly rude and unpoliſhed.
] The deſire of knowing each others Fortunes, and
123 Lives, encreaſed equally in both ; but the want of
a common Idiom, was that which envied them this
enjoyment ; for Specch is the grand effect of Ratio-
nality, and he that cannot Diſcourſe, cannot Con-
verſe, Speak,, ſaith the Philoſopher , that TI may
know you, for the Soul doth in a noble
manner communicate it ſelf, by produ- Speech.
cing the Images of what it conceives in
the Mind of bim that hears, which is Properly to Con-
werſe: there is no preſence where there is not Diſcour(c,
ner can they be termed Abſent, who communicat? by
Writing, Thoſe Wiſe Sages live {till, though dead, |}
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and diſcoutſe with us daily by their Immortal Vo-
lumes, and Illuminate Poſterity with
Converſation, Aa Continued ſource, and ſpring of
| Knowledge, Speech is both neceſſa-
Ty, and pleaſant,which two,wile Nature always con-
joined inthe Functions of Life.: Converſation is
ever attcnded with Plcaſure, and thence is imme-
diately derived the important Affair of Knowing,
which Speech only can adminiſter. Wiſe Men by
Speaking beget others ike themſelves, and by Con-
verſe, Knowledge is gently inſtilled into the Soul,
Hence it 1s, that Men cannot live happily without
ſome common Language, both in reſpect of their
Neceſlity, and of their Pleafure, For ſhould two
Infants be caſt purpoſely into an Iſland, they would
invent a Language to Communicate, and Converſe
with each other; ſo that noble Converſation is the
Daughter of Diſcourſe, the Mother of Wiſdom, the !
Eaſe of the Soul, the Commerce of Hearts, the |
Bond of Amity, the Food of Contentment, and the Þ
Employment of Humanity.
The experienced Nautfrague being well aſſured
of the truth hereof , began immediately to teach |
this ignorant Youth to exerciſe Speech, who ©
being both deſirous and docible, was very apt to |
' Improve the flexibility of his Tongue : He began
by the Names of them both, calling himſelf Cr;tilo,
and the other Axdrenio, which fitted the ripe
Judgment of the one, and of the other, in his
natural Principles. The deſire of bringing thoſe |
Conceptions unto light, which had ſo long 1nward- |
ly _ ———— and the curioſity of knowing
the truth of what lay clouded, and confuſed :in-his
Underftanding, were ſtrong Incitements 'to the dc
cility of Andrenio; 10 that now he began to Pro-
nounce,
-
The Spaniſh Critick, 7
. nounce, then to Ask, then to Anſwer, and endea*
{ youring at length to Diſcourſe, accompanied his
? Words with Action, that ſometimes where his
' Words began, his Geſtures ſupplyed the want of
other Expreſſions in the Concluſion, The Account
: hegaveof his Life, was in ſhort and abrupt Specches,
ſo much the more ſtrange, by how much the lets
* underſtood; and oftentimes, where the improbabi-
lity of the matter could not gain Belief with Cri-
tilo, there he pretended to want a true Conception
! of what he related ; but when he had learned to
! continue his Diſcourſe, and the number of his
! Words were equal to the greatneſs of his Thoughts,
| at the earneſt deſires of Critilo, who' afforded him
2 alſo ſomewhat of his aſſiſtznce, began to ſatisfie him
{ in this manner. 1, faith he, 'neither know who I
{ am, nor who hath given me this Being, nor to what
| End he hath given it me: which Que-
' ſtion 1 often, without Words propo- ,,,,...; cc.
{ ſed to my ſelf, being as Ignorant, as ceprions of 4
$ Curious; but ſince Queries are cauſed Being.
1 by Ignorance, 1 had little means to
q reſolve my ſelf: yet ſo would I prove my ſelf with
$ argument, that I might, if poſlible, exceed my ſelf;
| for as yet no aflectation to any particular Good had
{o poſſeſſed me, but that withdrawing my Soulont
of Ignorance, I might reach the limits of my de-
| fires, Thou, Critilo askeſt who I '8m, and I de-
| fire-to know that of thee; for thou art the hrſt
| Man that until this day I have feen, in whom 1 find
3 my ſelf more perfectly delineated, than 1n the f1-
| legt Chryſtals of a Fountain, which oftimes my
| Carielity carried me unto, and my Ignorance ap-
plauded ; but if you would be informed of the
-Jamoſt material (uccels of my Life,. I ſhall relate that
+, 2 B 4 tg
3 The Spaniſh Critick,
to you, which is more ſtrange than Jong, or tedi» |
Ons.
The firſt time that T could take knowledge of |
my ſelf, and form Conceptions of my Being, 1
found my ſelf immured within the Bowels of that
Mountain, which though it hangs out beyond the
reſt, yet its height aſlerts 1 is honour
Infancy. © and eminency above the other Rocks.
There it was that I received my firſt -
Nouriſhment from one of thoſe which you call :
Brutes, bur I call Mother, believing my ſelfto have *
been born from her, and that ſhe had given me the ?
Being | am endued with. It 1s very agreeable (re- |
plyed Critilo ) to natural Ignorance to ſtile Men Fa- |
thers, and Women Mothers, from whom we re-
ceive Beneficence, in which manner, until now, you
eſteemed a Beaſt for ſuch; ſo the World in its In- |
fancy called every Creature which was profitable, are |
beneficial, by the name of Father, and at length |
Improved "that to the Title of God. So I, Chev |
ceeded Amud: en ) nelieved that Beaſt to be m
ther, which nouriſhed me at her Breaſts, and. bred |
me up amongſt her young, Ones, which I eſteemed |
for my Brethren,and as a Brute amongſt the Brutes,
rate. "3 6 Mon
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* we played and ſlept together, She often gave me J i
Milk from her own Teats, ſhared me part of her
Fruits, and Prey which ſhe brought for them, Art
firſt I was not ſo ſenſible of that tedious Impriſon- |
ment, whilſt the interiour darkneſs of my Mind ac- |
corded with the exteriour of my Body; and the |
want of Knowledge alleviated the deprivation of
Light, though ſame confuſed glimmerings appear-
ed, which Heaven diſpenſed at times, through the
top of that unhappy Caverne,
But
The Spaniſh Critick. 9
% Butat length arriving at a certain &rm of Growth
* and Life, I was on a ſudden {urprized with fach an
; extraordinary force of Knowledge, with fo bright
_ 2 a radiancy of Light, and Advertency,
| that | beganto make ſeveral reflexions The Zight of
, upon my own proper Being. What Keaſon.
is this, faid I? aml, or am I not?
: for ſince I live, and know, and obſerve, I muſt have
{ a Being : But if 1 am, Who am 1? and who hath gl-
' 4 ven me this Being ? And to what end hath he gi-
,2venit me? If it be to remain here, it were
© ahighlnfelicity ! Am Ia Brarte like theſe ? No, for
3 I obſerve moſt apparent differences between us ;
- & for they are covered with Hair, but l, as Ic&ſs fa-
- F voured of him, who gave me this Being, am Na-
- F ked, and uncloathed ; beſides, I obſerved my whole
3 Body otherwiſe proportioned than theirs; | laugh,
- | and weep, they how], and cry. 1 walk ſtrait, raiſt
| 3 my Face upwards, when they move be ading =
1 © their Heads towards the Eaith : Theſe were pal-
- | pable differences, and which obſervation admini-
- © itred to my Underſtanding. My delire to come
| 3 ont from hence encreaſed daily. and the endeayonry
1 3 to ſee, and know, as they are natural to every one,
+ | ſo they were in me more than ordinarily violenr, and
e J impatient; but that which rroubled me moſt, was
r | to ſee the Brutes my Companions, with a ſtrange
t: nimbleneſ to trip over the indigeſted heaps, en-
- I tring ont, and returning in at their own pleaſure;
- 3 which 1 not being able to do, was ſoon ſenhble,thart
e | that Priviledge and Liderty was denied only unto me,
fa I allayed often times to follow thoſe Bean,
- | and crawl o*er the Rocks after them. which | app!
e $ ed with the Blood, that ſtarted from my Fi ets;
on l c——_— have helped my ſelf likewiſe with my
Teeth,
IO The Spaniſh Critick.
Teeth, but all in vain, and to my prejudice; for l
commonly tumbled to the next Bottom, which Ileft
wetted with my Blood, and Tears : at my Voice
and Cries the compaſſionate Beaſts came running to
my ſuccour, and dividing me a ſhare of their Fruits,
and Prey, moderated my Grief, and in part eaſed
me of my diſcontent, The want of my outward
Speech was ſwpplyed by my inward Thoughts, and
Soliloques, -and the Doubts, and Difficulties my ob-
ſervation and curioſity encountred, not being capa-
ble of being reſolved by my Judgment, ended in
wonder and admiration ; but the confuſed noiſe of
theſe Seas, was a lubject of my continued trouble,
whoſe Waves beat more violently againſt my Breaſt,
than theſe Rocks; but what ſhould I think of thoſe
affrighting Claps of Thunder, thoſe encounters in
the Air, whoſe Clouds diflolved into Rain, as my
Eyes into Tears? But that which reduced me from
a perplexity of Mind, and Pangs of Soul even to
the. very Agonies of Death , were certain Voices
which I heard from without, ſomewhat like yours,
which at a diſtance ſeemed more confuſed, but af-
terwards came by little and little more diſtin&t and
articulate, which ſo naturally aftected me. that they
left me not without ſtrong impreſſions in my Mind.
I well obſerved the difference of them from thoſe
of Beaſts, and from the uſual ſounds with which I
was formerly acquainted, which begot in me a ve-
kement Paſſion , to ſee, and know from whence
they proceeded; but being not able to attain there-
unto, I languiſhed in the extremes of deſpair, and
death; and though there were but few things into
which, I could dive with my Thoughts, yet I have
neither wanted of them Diſcourſe, nor Meditation :
ane thing I can aſlure you, that I have often, __
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thouſand times entertained thoughts of the man”
ner and diſpoſition, ſituation, variety, and compo-
ſure of theſe things according to the meanneſs of
my capacity, yet never could attain to the leaſt ap”
prehenſion of the manner , and order of this vari-
ous Compoſition, which we now ſee, and ad-
mire.
+ This 45-not much ( anſwered Critilo ) for if the
| Witsof allthoſe Men, which have been, or ſhall be
hereafter, ſhould unite in one, to trace the Artifice
of this Worlds Compoſure, and to conſider of its
Government, their Conſultations would come ſhort
of that Providence, which is required in its dire-
tion. But why do I inſtance in the Univerſe ?
ſince their art reaches not to the formation of the
leaſt Flower , or Fly; only that ſupream Creator
hath founda Way, and Order to make a harmony
in Beauty and changeable Variety.
But tell me, that which I ſo greatly defire to
know, and hear from you, in what manner you came
forth from that tedious Priſon, that untimely Grave
of your Habitation, but eſpecially ( if it be poſlible
for you to expreſs) what Thoughts, and Notions,
your admirable Spirit conceived, at your firſt en-
trance into Light, when you diſcovered, ſaw and ad-
mired the applauded Theater of the Univerſe. Hold
( faid Andrenio ) I had here need to take breath to
proſecute a Relation ſo ſtrange and pleaſant.
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The Grand Theater of the Univerſe.
"T3 ſay, that as ſoon as the ſupream Artificer
ad accompliſhed the Compoſure of the Worlds ;
Fabrick ;, his next Work was to diſpoſe unto every
one his Order, and apart all Kinds in their ſeve- |}
ral and moſt natural Stations, So he ſummoned all
Creatures from the p > car of to the Fly, and ſhew-
ing them the ſeveraldiſtint Regions,and Elements,
left the: choice of all totheir Free and voluntary E- |
lection. The Elephant anſwered, That he would |
content himſelf with a Wood, the Horſe with a |
Mcadow, the Eagle with one of the Regions of the
Air, the Whale in the Ocean, the Swan in a Fiſh- *'
Pong the Barbel in the River, and the Frogin a |
ool. The laſt of all came Man, though the firſt |
in Dignity, who to. the Queſtion propounded, an- |
| ſivered, that he-could nor content himſelf with lefs |
than all, and that too ſeemed but little for his en- |
larged deſires, This exorbitant Ambition ſtruck no
ſmall wonder to thoſe preſent, though it was ſoon
applauded by a flattering Sycophant, as a demand
agreeable to the greatneſs of his Mind; though by
one with better Judgment term'd the defect of a
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$ depraved corporeal compoſition. The ſaperficies of
this Globe ſeemed too narrow a confinement for
7 his cc defres, until in queſt of Gold, and Sil-
ver, he founda way to undermine, and rip up the
Bowels of the Earth. His Pride makes him climb
to polleſs the Air by the lofty Pinacles of his Edifi-
ces, leſt his Ambition ſhould be ſuffocated, and
ſtifled inthe lower Reg:on. He compaſles the Seas,
ſounds the Ocean, dives for Pearls, Amber, and Cor-
ral to nouriſh his Folly, and ſwell his Vanity, He
taxes each Element according to its quality to pay
him Tribute, the Air her Birds, the Sea her Fiſh,
the Earth her Beaſts, the Fire its hear, to entertain,
not to ſatisfie his Luxury, And yet, as if all this
were unſuſfcient, nothing can appeaſe his Com-
plaints of a Penurious Portion, O monſtrous Co-
vetouſneſs of Man! The Supream Creator took him
by the hand, See, faid he, and know, that I have
formed Man by my own Hands, for my Servaut,
and your Lord, and like a King, as he is, pretends
to Govern al]. But underſtand, O man, that this is
to be with your Mind, and not with your Belly.as
a Man, not as a Beaſt. You ought to be Lord of
all Creatures, and not a Slave to them, they ought
to follow you, and not you attracted by them,
You ought to poſleſs a!l with Knowledge, and Ac-
knowledgement, that is contemplating in all theſe
Created Mirrours the Divine Perfeftions, making a
ſtep of the Creature to pals unto the Creator, This
Relarion of Prodigics, though a Leſſon amongſt vs
common to the meaneſt and moſt vulgar Capaci-
ties, was yet ſtrange, and unheard of to Andrenio,
who recovering himſelf from his deep Contemplzs-
tions thereon , and paſſionate Aſpirations towards
the Divine Eſſence, beganto proceed in this manner.
My
I 4 The Spaniſh Criick.
My ſleep, ſaid he, proſecuting his former Diſ- |
courſe, was the ordinary paſtime of my hours, and }
the chiefeſt eaſe of my Melancholy , and Solitari- ?
neſs: tothat I inclined as a Remedy of my Diſcon-
tent, when one night ( for all tome were ſuch) a !
more than ordinary deadneſs of ſleep poſſeſſed me, ?
an infallible Preſager of Evil; and fo it was, for ſtart- '
ling from my Slumber, awakened by the vehemency |
of a Guſt, burſt from the deepeſt Caverns of yon- ?
der Mountain, which ſhook the whole Fabrick, and ?
firm Pillars which ſupportit ; and whiſtling through !?
the Breach it made, diffuſed it ſelf into a general '
Tempeſt with ſo much Rage and Violence, as to 2
ſhake the foundation of the neighbouring Rocks, as 4
if its force had been ſuſhcient to have ſhattered this -
grand Machine into their firſt nothing. Hold, faid
Critilo, the Mountains themſelves are not cxempt-
ed from change, but expoſed to Earthquakes, and }:
Thunder, their power of reſiſtance being the cauſe |
of their ſubverſion, But if theſe Rocks ſhook (ſaid JF:
Andrenio) what ſhould 1? All the Joints of my Bo- *'
dy ſeemed to be looſed , and diflolved, my heart
ready to break with Throbs, my Senſes failed me, |
that I found my ſelf half dead, and almoſt buried |
between the Rocks and my own fears ; whilſt this |
Eclipſe of my Soul remained, the Parentheſis of my |
Life, neither can I know. nor can any other inform |
me concerning, it, -at length, I know not how, nor |
when, I returned by little and little to recover my !'
ſelf from this total dereliction of my Spirits; Iun- :
cloſed my Eyes to the dawnings of the day, a day |
clear, great, and happieſt that ever my life hath
ſeen, a day which I have noted on the Stones and
engraved on the Rocks, I intantly perceived the
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2 Doors of my- tedious Priſon broke open, 2 comfort
ſo tranſporting me, that I delayed no time to un-
q bury my ſelf, and as one new-born in the World,
{to leap into it, through that Gap, in which appear-
1ed the Rayes, and Light of the chearful Heaven :
| Ar firſt, not fully fatisfyed of the reality, I went
round the Rock, ſtill ſuppreſſing with what power
21 could the ſtrong rebulliency of my Paſſions: but
3 at length, well aſſured, I returned to the confuſed
3 Balcony of my Life, and Proſpect, diffuſing my
3 Eyes 1n a general view over this grand Theater of
$ Heaven and Earth : the whole vigour of my Soul ap-
9 plying it ſelf tothe Windows of my Eyes with that
! Contentment, and Curioſity, that it diſabled the reſt
3 of my Senſes to perform their Function, that for a
2 whole day I remained unmoveabſe, unſenſible, and
| dead, being overwhelmed by over-powering of too
| ſtrong a Life. I would here expreſs, but it is im-
4 poſlible, the intenſe violence of my Affections, the
q extravagant Raptures of my Soul; I can only tell
$ you, that there ſtill remain impreſſions thereof up-
; on me; and the Wonder, and amazement I then
{ conceived, are not fo clearly forgotten, but that the
| ſeale thereof, do {trongly affect me. I believe,
8 faid Cririls, that when the Eyes {ce what they ne-
ver eſpicd, the Heart jecels, what It was never ſenfi-
2 ble of. I beheld (procceded Ardrenio) the Sea, the
$3 Land, the Heaven, and cach ſeverally, and altoge-
J ther, and in the view of each I tranſported my telt
: without thoughts of cyer ending, admiring, enjoying,
| and contemplating a fruition which could never ſa
z Liate me,
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O ! How much I envy thee ({aid Crip) this un-
known happineſs of thine, the only priviledge ©
the firſt Man, and you, the Faculty of
Novelty. ſeeing all at once, and that with Ob-!
ſervation, the Greatneſs, Beauty, Har-
mony, Stability, and Variety of this created Fa-
brick. Familiarity in'vs takesoff Admiration, and!
Novelty affects little thoſe, who have neither Know-
ledge or advertency to enjoy it. For we enter in- |
to the World with the Eyes of our Underſtanding
ſhut, and when we open them unto Knowledge ,
the Cuſtom of ſeeing hath rendred the greateſt
Wonders, 'neither ſtrange, nor admired at the
Judgments diſcloſure. Therefore the wiſe Wor-
thies have repaired much of this defeCt by refleti-G
ons, looking back again as 1t were to a new Birth,
making every thing, by a ſearch and examination
into its Nature, a new ſubject of aſtoniſhment; ad-
miring, and criticizing on their PerfeCtions. Like
thoſe, who walk in a delicious Garden, diverted
ſolely with their own Thoughts, not obſerving at
firſt the artificial adornments, and variety of Flow-
ers; yet afterwarc's return back to view each Plant, F
and Flower with great Cutioliry : So we enter into
this Garden of the Univerſe walking from ' our
ms wand tw. arc XA iwoads aA _a. cc
the Beauty, and PerfeCtion of it : unleſs ſome wiſer
Heads chance to turn back, and renew their Plea-
ſure by a Review, and Contemplation, This An-
drenio conſidered to be his greateſt Happineſs, in
that he arrived to that height of Perfe&ion, which
he had fo long expected and deſired, Your hap-
pineſs ( ſaid Crizilo ) was your reſtraint, ſince af-i
terwards you knocked off your Bolts, and arrived at
fol
| The Spaniſh Critick. I7
for things that are worth our Wiſhes, and obtained,
Jare twice enjoyed : the greateſt Wonders, if fami-
liar, and common, ſoon looſe their Repute, and an
caſie accels, and a free uſe makes but a toy of the
r-Fereateſt Prodigy ; The Sun hath done us a courteſie
a- Fin abſenting himſelf at night, that his return may
ad Fhe the more grateful in the morning. Whata con-
w- $junftion of AffeCtions muſt you needs feel ? What
n- Fover-flowings of your Senſes ? How mult your Soul
ng Wave been raviſhed, and employed in its attention
e yon thoſe Objelts? *Twas much, you were not
ſt Jover-boarn with a Contemplation ſo violent, and ad-
he Fnirable. I believe (anſivered Andrenio) that whillt
r-Svy Attention was buſicd in Seeing, and Obſerving,
ti-ſt was fo fixed on the preſent Object, that it found
h, Fo force nor power to communicate nnto at-
on ther.
d-Y But thoſe chearful emanationgs of the Grand-
keFMonarch of Light, which you call the Sun, crowned
edBvith his own Beams, and encircled
atYvith Rayes, ſtroak an awfulneſs to The Sun.
w-Eyes to render him the Reverence,and Admiration :
\tthe Glory of his Throne,at the Soyeralgnty and
ilence of His Majeſty, which triumphs in the Chri-
aline Waves, and fills all Creatures with his bright
Treſence ; I was wholly ſwallowed up in Amaze-
nent, envying the Eagle ſhould be more 1ntent,
ea-Fhan my ſelf, At his naming the Sun ( Critz/o could
[n-Fontain no longer, but inſtantly cryed out, and ap-
inSlauded the Comfort, the Bliſs, the Happineſs enjoy-
chFd in that immortal and glorious Light the Sun. My
1p-gdmiration ſtill encreaſed, ſaid*Angrexio, until my
af-Mtrention grew dim, and amazed, becauſe I deſi-
ated him-at a diſtance, to whom I feared to ap-
m ;Froach near, my Reaſon telling me, whart I obſer-
fo1 C yed
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O ! How much I envy thee ({aid CritiHp) this un-
known happineſs of thine, the only priviledge of
the firſt Man, and you, the Faculty of
Novelty. ſeeing all at once, and that with Ob-
ſervation, the Greatneſs, Beauty, Har-
mony, Stability, and Variety of this created Fa-
brick. Familiarity in us takesoff Admiration, and
Novelty affects little thoſe, who have neither Know-
ledge or advertency to enjoy it. For we enter in-
to the World with the Eyes of our Underſtanding |
ſhat, and when we open them unto Knowledge , }
the Cuſtom of ſeeing hath rendred the greateſt |}
Wonders, neither ſtrange, nor admired at the
Judgments diſcloſure. Therefore the wiſe Wor-
thies have repaired much of this defect by reflei-
ons, looking back again as 1t were to a new Birth,
making every thing, by a ſearch and examination
into its Nature, anew ſubject of aſtoniſhment; ad-
- miring, and criticizing on their PerfeCtions. Like
thoſe, who walk in a delicious Garden, diverted
ſolely with their own Thoughts, not obſerving at
firſt the artificial adornments, and variety of Flow-
ers, yet afterwarc's return back to view each Plant,
and Flower with great Curiofiry : So we enter into
this Garden of the Univerſe walking from ' our
Birth, until our Death, without the leaft glance on
the Beauty, and Perfection of it : unleſs ſome wiſer
Heads chance to turn back, and renew their Plea-
ſure by a Review, and Coutemplation, This An-
drenio conſidered to be his greateſt Happineſs, in
that he arrived to that height of Perfe@ion, which
he had ſo long expected and deſired. Your hap-
pineſs ( ſaid Criilo ) was your reſtraint, ſince af-
terwards you knocked off your Bolts, and arrived at
a full fruition both of your own deſire, and them ;
for
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The Spaniſh Critick. 17
for things that are worth our Wiſhes, and obtained,
are twice enjoyed : the greateſt Wonders, if fatmi-
liar, and common, ſoon looſe their Repute, and an
calie acceſs, and a free uſe makes but a toy of the
greateſt Prodigy ; The Sun hath done us a courteſie
in abſenting himſelf at night, that his return may
be the more grateful in the morning. Whata con-
juntion of AffeCtions muſt you needs feel ? What
over-flowings of your Senſes ? How muſt your Soul
have been raviſhed, and employed in its attention
on thoſe Objefts? ?*Twas much, you were not
over-boarn with a Contemplation ſo violent, and ad-
mirable. I believe (anſivered Andrenio) that whillt
my Attention was buſied in Seeing, and Obſerving,
It was fo fixed on the preſent Object, that it found
no force nor power to communicate nanto at-
other.
But thoſe chearful emanations of the Grand-
Monarch of Light, which you call the Sun, crowned
with his own Beams, and encircled
with Rayes, ſtroak an awfulneſs to The Sus.
Eyes torender him the Reverence,and Admiration :
Atthe Glory of his Throne,at the Soveralgnty and
Silence of His Majeſty, which triumphs in the Chri-
ſtaline Waves, and fills all Creatures with his bright
Preſence ; I was wholly ſwallowed up in Amaze-
ment, envying the Eagle ſhould be more intent,
than my ſelf, Art his naming the Sun ( Critz/o could
contain no longer, but inſtantly cryed our, and ap-
plauded the Comfort, the Bliſs, the Happineſs enjoy-
edinthat immortal and glorious Light the Sun. My
admiration ſtill encreaſed, faid*Andrenio, until my
Attention grew dim, and amazed, becauſe I defi-
red him-at a diſtance, to whom I feared to ap-
proach near, my Reaſon telling me, what I obſer-
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by Contemplation, The Sun ( faid Critilo is that]
. Creature, which is the moſt lively Effigies, and Ab-
tract of the Creators Majeſty and Greatnels.
He
is called, Sol, becauſe he ſolely runs the compaſs of
the Heavens, his Preſence out-ſhining the Glory off
the other Luminaries : his ſituation is in the midſt*
of the Celeſtial Orbs, as the centre and heart of!
Light, the perpetual fountain of Rayes, a conſtant?
and an unchangeable Eſſence, whoſe Virtue alliſted"
us to ſee other things, and yet covers and hides his}
own Beauty with the Vail of his Brightneſs : his 1n-!
fluence concurs with more immediate Caules to the
Production of all Creatures: nor can Man deny him
to be the Author, and Parent of his Life. His
Light is moſt effeftnal in being communicated ; for
diffuſing it ſelf into all parts, and piercing the very
Bowells of the Farth, doth with an admirable Ver-
'tue, ſtrengthen, foment, rejoice, and nouriſh : his
influence 15 not Partial, but common, all having necd
In fine, he is a Creaturc
dent Feam of the Divine Majeſty, A whole day
faid Andrenio, I was employed in beholding him
ſometimes in himlelf, and ſometimes his Reflection;
inthe Waters being forgetful of my time 2nd elf.
At this Critilo remembred what the Philoſopher ſaid
That he was born to bcnold the Sun; which wa
well ſaid, though ill underſtood ; for his meanin;
was, that in.this material Sun, or I
the Divine Glofy, for Tfþat an Emiion, and Sha
dow, 07 him be G bright, what muſt be the truc
[Light of that infinitc,and uncreated Beauty ?
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But alas, ſaid Andrenio, how ſoon, like the uncon-
ſtancy of this World,was the height of my comfort
changed into diſpleaſure , the joy of |
my Birth into the horrour of my The night.
Death, the throne of the morning 1m-. |
to the Grave of the night, the Sun being deſcended
through the Waters into another World, left me
drowned in a Sea of my own Tears; bnt whillt the
apprehenſions of never ſeeing him again, did grie-
voully affeft me, behold on a ſudden a new Wonder
diverted my Thoughts, the appearance of a Hea-
ven adorned with Stars, changed the Scene, and re-
newed my Contentment. This Proſpect was no lets
welcome than the other , the variety, and ſtrange-
neſs of the Objects affording me an entertainmettt
to buſte my attention, O that immenſe Wiſdom
of God! faid Critilo, which hath found a means to
make the Night no leſs beautiful and admirable than
the Day, Ablurdly hath vulgar ignorance impoſed
the Epithites of drowſie, dark, and uncomely upon
the twinklings, and ſerenity of the night: thoſe de-
{criptions of being the repoſe of Labour, the re-
freſhments and diverſion of Cares, are but reproaches
of its Slugziſhneſs and Melancholy : but better is 1t
expreſſed by a Perſon of Wiſdom, who calls it the
time of Contemplation and Thoughts : and for that
reaſon, was the Owl at Athexs celebrated as the
Hieroglyphick of Knowledge. The night 1s not fo
proper for the Ignorant to ſleep, as for the Wiſe and
Studious to watch, the Night being to prepare that
which the Day muſt execute. In this entertainment
my Thoughts were ſoon engaged in a Labyrinth of
numbring the Stars, ſome whereof only twinkled,
others ſhined clearly, obſerving their various Mag-
nitudes, Degrees, Motions, and Colours, whilſt ſome
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appeared, others withdrew : all reſembling , faid
Critilo, humane Fortune, which 1s no ſooner up,but
inclincs to his ſetting,
But what I much conſidered, ſaid Andrenio, with
{mall ſatisfaction, was that diſorderly, and yet admi-
rable diſpoſition of them ; for ſecing the Snperiour
Artificer had acorned, and fealed the Convexity of
the Heavens with Stars, why he did not diſpoſe them |
with Order and Method, Interweaving them with
pretty Knots, and flowry Circles: I know rot how }
ro declare or expre!s my felf. ' Ialrcady underſtand }
you, aid Criti/o, your meaning is, that the Stars |
ſhould have been diſpoſed in Order, and Rank, like
ſome rich Embroidery, or the Flowers of ſome deli-
cious Garden, 'or ſtudded like Rows of D amonds,
that the luſtre of one, might with an artificial cor- }
re\pondency have ſet oft the 'Beauty of another.
Yes, faid he, for beſides that the diſpoſition of
this refplendent Artifice, would have been a proſpect
more deliciovs to the Sizhr, fo it would haveclear-
ed that fond imagination of ſome , who ſuppoſe
Chance to have been Framer of this Univerſe, and
by a fooliſh Prophanenels hoodwink the Provi-
dence of the Almighty. Your Query, ſaid Critilo,
1s not from the purpoſe, for you muſt know that the
Divine Wiſdom direCting, and diſpoſing of them
in this manner, had more Sublime Reaſon, than is
calily concetveable, placing their Harmony, and Rule
not {o much in their { tuation, as the conveniency of
their Morion, and Temperature : for there is not a
ſtar in heaven,which hath not his difterent nature,and
influence ; as Herbs and Plants of the Earth have
their diſtinct Vertves, ſome predominate in heat,
others 1n cold, ſome are dry, others moiſt ; fo that
their extreme qualities being equally mixed , pro-
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duce a juſt and moderate temperature in 1all. That
Artificial order that you ſpeak of, is bur an Idle
toy, and fond invention of Art affected, and procu-
red only to entertain the vanity of humane Folly.
In this manner, every night repreſents us a new
Scene of Heaven, nor 1s Our Sight, nor our Humour
though unconſtant, ever wearicd to behold it. Eve-
ry perſon according to his fancy,entertains a diſtinCt
Conception, and Idea of their Proportions, the va-
riety and well ordered confuſion make the vulgar to
imagin them innumerable , and the appearance of
diſorder is to them a riddle of Providence, though
Wiſe men have the knowledge to ſcarch out, and
diſcover their Order and Gave ernment, 1 was much
pleaſed, faid Andrenio, with the diverſity, and varie-
ty of their colours, ſome were pale, others ruddy,
ſome of a gold, others of a ſilyer colour ,there on-
ly, methoughts, wanted Green, that acceptable and
grateful object of the Sight. Thar, ſaid C ritilo,
partakes too much of an Earthly quality, greennels
being a Symptome, or Badge of Hope, is more
agreeable to the future Wiſhes, and growing cx-
pectation of the Earth, than to that ſublimer Regi-
on, which 1s$ ſwallowed up wholly in a happy Poſ-
ſion. This colour allo is contrary to the nature
of the Celeſtial Luminaries, and 1s a fign of hami-
dity, and corruption. Did you never oblerve that
Star which makes 2 Point in the Globe of Heaven,
the Object to the which the Load-ſtone tends, an F
the blank to which it darts all its Emiſſions? To that
the Compaſs of onr attention fixes one Point, and
thereby meaſures other Circles, which running rounc
cncowpaſlles our Lives,
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22 The Spaniſh Critick.
I muſt confeſs ( ſaid Andrenio ) with no leſs cus
riolity was my attention taken up in
admiring t.at beautiful Queen of the
Stars the Governeſs of the night, the
Suns ſubſtitute, and little inferiour to him in Digni-
ty, that. which you call the Moon ;
The Moon,
CAT. though at this LightI found not thole |
b : refreſhments, nor alacrity, as at the |
the other ; yet the varictics of its cn-
creaſing, and decreaſing was no leſs ſubject of my
admiration. It is the ſecond Preſident of time, faid
Critilo, an equal Colleague with the Sun in Goyern-
ment, if one Governs the day, the other Rules
the night, if one is the Almanack of the Year, the
other 1s of the Months, if the Sun heats and dries
the Earth by day, the Moon refreſhes, and bedews
it at night; if the Sun cheriſhes, and ripens the
fruitful Fields, the Maon ſwells, and overflows the
Fountains,fo that both perform their ſeveral Fundcti-
ons, and are the two ſcales and ballances of the
Times and Seaſons. But that which is beſt worth
your obſervation 1s, that as the Sun 1s a clear Mir-
rour, and Emblem to repreſent unto us the PerfeCti-
on of the Divine Attributes; ſo the Moon is the
Glaſs wherein to diſcover the uncertainty of humane
frailty ; for her condition, like the unconſtancy of
his, 1s never ſetled, or permanent, but is ſometimes
in the increaſe, then in the decreaſe ; ſometimes in
the firſt point of its appearance, anon in the laſt
term of its decreaſe; ſometimes :it the full, anon in
an unperceivable nothing : whoſe Light being to-
tally communicated by the Sun, is eclipſed of her
Glory by an interpoſition of the Earth ; when ſhe
1s brighteſt, ſhe diſcovers moſt of her-ſpots; ſhe is
the loweſt of all the Planets in ſituation, and digni-
ty:
The Spaniſh Critick., 23 -
ty; her power is more predominant on Earth, than
in Heaven : fo that all thoſe Epithers of changeable,
defective, ſpotted, inferiour, poor, ſad, and the like,
are all derived from her too near vicinity with the
Farth, All this night, ſaid Arndrenio,and many more
| ipent In this pleaſant entertaintment, making my
ſelf as many Eyes, as the Heaven had Stars, and all
J too little to view this Proſpect, But by this time
J the Noats of the Birds were alarms of the mornings
J approach tuning their Salve to his ſecond entrance,
eiving notice to the Stars to retire, and to the
Flowers to awake. The Sun began
Sun, again to ariſe, and I to revive with his
ſight, whom I chearfully ſaluted, but
methoughts, with ſomething more cool alfeCtions.
J The Sun, ſaid Critilo, at the ſecond view doth not
amaze, nor at the third ſtrike admiration, My
curioſity began by this time to abate, as my ſtomach
became more ſharp; ſo afterI had repeated ſome ap-
playſes, and praiſes in his honour, I deſcended low-
er by the direction of his light ( which I perceived
was a Creature, and an Inſtrument to icrve my ule )
for the ſtrengthening of the Mind is ſubject to the
neceſſities of the Body, and fubJime contemplations
cannot be continued but by new ſupplies made to the
decays of nature. So that, I ſay, | deſcended by that
dangerons Ladder which thole confuſed ruines had
rudely and caſually digeſted, which yet I acknow-
ledge to the Providence of Heaven; for otherwile-
there had been no means {for my ſafe deſcent.
But before I tread the leaſt ſtep on the bottom, 1
muſt tell you, that both my Voice and words fail
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24 The Spaniſh Critick.
me; and therefore I muſt entreat the fupply of
your expreſſions to recount the number of my
thoughts,and ſo the ſecond time I invite you ta new
Wonders, though Terrene,
FO WIE Ws i.
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The Third Cnrists.
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Natures Comelmeſs.
| He Variety of Nature is one part of its comely
T adornment, and affords us matter to buſie our
$ Heads in Contemplation, and our Tongues in Praiſes :
our Souls are naturally propenſe to obſerve the effects
of Nature: The wiſeſt man called it the worſt em-
s ployment, and indeed fo it is, when our confidera-
tions arreſt themſelves in ſatisfaction of our
own Vanity, not proceeding to ſuch ſublime
Raptures as may ſerve to raiſe in us the re+
\ turns Gratitude and Glory to the fſupream
$ Creator. Though admiration be the Daughter of
J2norance, yet it is the Mother of Content; to ad-
mire in ſmall things is folly, and to ſtand unſtruck
at more miraculous Prodigies, is inadvertency.
| Admiration is the higheſt expreſlion of Praiſe, we
can attribute to any Object, and eipecially it it pro-
cceds like expreſſions of Flattery , which pretend
thoſe exceſles of perfection that are better eviden-
ced by ſilence, than words. But it 1s a vulgar 1ay-
ing, that nat the greatneſs of a wonder, but the
novelty affects us; for we are not ſtudious to behold
thoſe ſuperiour wonders, becauſe they are known
but becauſe they are ſtrange; by which means we beg
Or
26 The Spaniſh Critick.
for trifling Noveltics to entertain our unconſtant
humour, and pacifie our curious ſollicitude with ex-
travagancies. So much hath Novelty bewitched us,
that the ſtaleneſs of antient wonders, is oppreſlive,
and tedious to our unconſtancy, which our Brains are
forced to remedy by the arts and toyes of new in-
ventions. That which yeſterday ſtruck admirati-
on to the beholders, is to day ſlighted, and under-
valued, not that it hath loſt its perfection, but our
eltimation;therefore the wiſer Sages excuſe this for-
mer clownery by the civility of new addreſles, re-
fleting on thoſe antient perfections with delight
and admiration. If therefore a Pearl brought from
another World affects us more, than our own Dia-.
mond, becauſe extraordinary, what advantage muſt
it then be to Anarenio to ſee ona ſudden the Heaven,
the Stars, the Moon, the Sun, the Earth deckt with
Flowers, and the Sky enamell*d with Stars? Let him
relate this himſelf, and with that he proſecuted his
Diſcourſe. In this conjunction of beautiful rari-
ties, which 1 neyer before apprehended, I found
'the motion of my Soul more active, and vigo-
rous than my Body, moving my Eyes more
than my Feet, every Object retarded my progreſs,
and found me matter to admire and applaud. Whilſt
yeſterday I admired the Heaven, I had only oppor-
tunity to exerciſe my ſight, but in this nearer ap-
proach, had I had a hundred eyes, and as many hands,
all would have been too feeble, and exhauſted*in the
diffuſion they made of themlelves through all the
variety of theſe Objects, I unweariedly beheld
the multitude of Creatures, their different Proprie-
ties their Eſſences, Forms, Colours, AffeCtions, and
Motions : with one hand I gathered a Roſe, conſi-
dering the beauty of it, and ſmelt its fragrant odour,
with
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The Spaniſh Critic, 27
with the other I plucked ſome Fruit to pleaſe my
taſte,and ſatisfie my appetite : That in a ſhort time
1 found my ſelf fo embarked in ſuch a diverſity of
Pcodigies, that I was forced to leave one, toconſi-
der the other, ſtil] filled with delight,and admiration,
But that which with moſt delight I conſidered ,
was, that amongſt the multitude of
Creatures, there ſhould be ſo great di- The-parjety of
verſity, and difference,that not one leaf Creanares,
ofa Plant, nor of a Sparrow, ſhould
have a reſemblance of another Species. In this,ſaid
Critilo,the wiſeCreator determined not only to ſupply
the meer neceſlities,and wants of Man, for whoſe fake
all was created, but bountifully to extend his hand in a
various plenty, that fo he, who had been thus libe-
ral in his Gifts, might well epet man ſhould nor
be ſparing or niggardly in his returnsof ſervice. I
ſoon knew, proceeded Andrenis, fome forts of thoſe
Fruits, which the courtſie of the Beaſts had brought
unto my encloſure : but eſpecially T obſerved the
manner of their growing, the extention of their
Boughs, the twining of their Roots, which as they
wereof no {mall delight to me to behold, fo the rea-
ſon, and nature thercof was too high for my young
and unpoliſhed underſtanding to comprehend : the
crudity of the unripe Fruits, which I gathered, of-
fended my Tecth and Taſte, not knowing as yet
how to diſtinguiſh their times and ſeaſons. This is
another Rule, ſaid Cr:ti/,, and diſpoſition of Divine
Providence, to prolong the ripening of ſome Fruits,
till the neceſſity of Animals require them, Some
not only budded, but ripened in the Spring , are
firſt Fruits and Sacrifices more devoted toour taſte,
than nouriſhment, and would rather be early than
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ted to temper. the Summers heat, and others of a
more dry, and durable quality are heaped up for
the Winters ſtore , both for proviſion of the bar.
ren ſeaſon, and by their innate heat to fortifie mens
ſtomachs againſt the Winters cold, The cool Herbs
of Summer abate, and attemper 7z!y's heat, and
hot plants reviveour benumbed coldneſs in Decembers
Froſts : ſo that one Fruit being gone,another comes
in, obſerving their appointed times, and ſeaſons, ſo
as to ſupply our wants with abundance, and conve-
nience. O that Provident Bounty of the Creator !
who appears ſo expreſly manifeſt, that none can in
words deny him, but his inward thoughts and con-
ſcience will immediately check, and accuſe him.
| was involved, proceeded 4ndrenio, in ſodelight-
ful a Labyrinth of natures twining, that I commit-
ted my ſelf tothe mercy of my own unlatiable cu-
rioſity , and to the aſtoniſhment, and confuſion ,
which every new Object had power to inculcate. I
gathered this and t*other Flower, feaſted with its
fragrancy , flattered its beauty; nor was I ever
wearied with its ſmell,or fight; I plucked each leaf
particularly, making a prolix lecture thereon, ana-
tomatizing its artificial compoſure, deducing conclu-
lions from thence of the general comelineſs of the
whole Univerſe. For thus I reaſoned, if one Flower
be ſo beautiful, what mult be the whole Garden? if
one Star, fo bright, and glorious, what muſt be that
tranſparent clearneſs of the whole Heavens? Wha
doth not admire this glory, and celebrate the praiſes -
of ſo comely, and profitable a Fabrick ? 1 com-
mend your fancy, faid Critilo, but take care, that
the intentnels of your outward ſenſe obſtruct not
zthe operations of your inward thoughts; that you
walk not like thoſe in this Garden of the World,
whoſe
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The Spaniſh Critick, 29
whoſe eyes are fixed downwards, and decline with
Souls nomore elevated than their animal ſenſes; bur
do you raile your contemplation tg that infinite Per-
fection of the Creator; other things being but a
ray, and glimpſe of him : and thus argue;”1f the
ſhadow be ſuch, what muſt be the cauſe and the re-
ality which 1t follows ; it ſuch be the Dead, what
inuſt be the Living ? if ſuch bethe Image, whatis the
Original? For as a cunning Artiſt, deſigning to
build a Palace, intends not only to make 1t ſtrong
2nd convenient, but ſtately alſo, and excellent in its
ſymmetrical Proportions, which may pleaſe the ſ1ghr,
which 1s one of the moſt noble of oar Senſes, Even
to the Divine Architect of this Palace of the World,
hath not only fixed the Foundation, and Pillars of ir
frm, and ſtable, but adorned it with the excellency
of Proportion : ſo that Trees do not yield their
Fruit before they are firſt deckt with Bloſſoms, ma-
king Beauty ſubſervient unto Profit. From the
flagrant Flowers the Bees colleCt both ſubſtance tor
their Combs,and Honey; and fram the thin Leaves
are diſtilled fiveer,and medicinal waters,to reyive our
Spirits, and pleaſe our Senſes, But alas, replied
Anarenio, as at firſt the beauty and odour of tote
Flowers delighted my fancy,ſo was I no leſs trouvled
to ſee that flouriſhing eſtate ſo ſoon changed, and
faded. This, faid Critils, is a lively Emblem of
hamane frailty, for beauty begins in oſtentation ,
the year {miles amongſt the flowers of a chear-
ful Spring , and the day dawns with beams of a
bluſhing Azrora, and man begins to live with the
{miles of Infancy,,and wantonneſs of Youth; butall
ends 1n {adnels,and corruption, when the apprenheſl [-
on of being laid in the duſt;and paying the tribute of
Nature, aftoghts us with horcourz whilſt the un-
certain
30 The Spaniſh Critick,
certain time of deſtiny in general ſerves to elude
mens expectation thercof in particular.
After 1 had in this paſtime entertained my ſight,
faid Angrenio, there wanted not the Harmony, and
Muſical Notes of Birds to content my Ears : their
tuned throats raviſhed my Sences, their Quavers,
Stops, and ſweet Airs kept time with the Woods,
and Vallies which were inſtruments 'of their louder
Sounds, and by Eccho bore part with them in the
fame Muſick ; the ſhrubs alſo, and twigs dancing at
the noiſe, ſeemed to ſalute the Sun art his firſt ariſe,
I obſerved here, and that with no ſmall admiration,
that nature had beſtowed the Gift of melody in
_/ Voice, which is the recreation of our Lives, on
Birds only; Beaſts with an ungrateful Voice offen-
ded my Ears,and the ſound they made was more of
horrour, than harmony. The reaſon is, ſaid Critilo,
becauſe Birds as Inhabitants of the Air are of more
refined Spirits in that ſubtle Region, and there-
fore have the advantage of other Creatures, and on-
Iy can imitate the words of men, through the Puri-
ty of that place they live in, and abiding in a Regi-
on of nearer vicinity unto Heaven, have nced of
ſweeter Voices to relound continually Divine Praiſes,
Another thing 1 would have you to obſerve , that
amongſt all the diverſity of Birds, none is affected
with a venemous quality, like thoſe Animals, who
crawling on the Earth, ſuck in noxious qualities,
which ſhould admonifh man to avoid the dangers of
this Region, and retire from the filth of this infeCti-
on. Iwas much taken, ſaid Andrexio, to ſee them
ſo neat, and fo pretty in their variety of colours.
But here-obſerve, faid Critilo, that the Male hath
mgre..variety 1n . his colours, than the Female, re-
{embling the like in map, whom nature it ſelf hath
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ſo ſufficiently decked, that he needs no other foils
to Tet him off ; but Women being ſubtle in their
inventions, know ways to deceive with the ſhare of
their dxelles, and to cover their defetts with coun-
terfeited Feathers.
"That which 1 much obſerved ( ſaid Andrenio )
was that admirable correſpondence ,
and . rule by which the diſtin ,,, cr4:.4.
multitudes of Creatures were diſtint- joy of Cres-
guiſhed, and diſpoſed, without one tures,
being troubleſome unto the other, but
rather every one in their ſeveral natures, lika well-
ordered Commonwealth , helpful and aſſiſtant a-
monglſt themſelves. This 1s another effect, faid
Critilo, of Divine Wiſdom, the ballance of all things
in weight number, and meaſure ; for every Creature
hath its Centre, his natural place of reſidence, his
duration 1n time, his proper end both in being, and
operation ; By this you may ſce the link and chain
of Creatures, their orderly ſituation, and the due
degree of their Perfection. Of the Elements the
meanelt Servants of nature are compoſed mixed Bo-
dies, and the inferiours are ſubordinate to the Su-
periours : Herbs, and Plants, which are in the lowcit
order and degree, of life, are Vegetables, moving
and increaſing until they arcive at the full point,
and period of their perfection, In the fecond or-
der of life are Senfitives, the Animals of the Earth,
which prey on the Vegetables, making them Food,
and Nouriſhment for their own ſiſtenance ; and
theſe arc the Beaſts of the Field, the Fiſhes of the
Sea, and the Birds of the Air; theſe fzed on the
Graſs, people the Trees , peck the Buds, build in
the Branches, and make the Leaves their defence ,
and ſecurity ; but both theſe, one, and the other
are
32 The Spaniſh Critick.
are bound to obey a third fort of Nature, »4z.
the Vegetable, and the Senſitive are made Sexvants
to a higher Maſter, Reaſon, and Underſtanding ,
which is Man, and he ſubordinated to a greater $0-
veraign which is God, whom he ought to know,
love, and ſerve. In this wonderful order, and har-
mony, all things are diſpoſed , one Creature being
made helpful to aſſiſt the Wants and Neccllitics of
another, The Water hath nced of the Earth to
ſupport it, the Earth of the Water to bedevv 1t ;
the water in rarefaction becomes Air, and the Air
Food to nouriſh, and foment the Fire : every part
being ordained mutuaily to maintain the other, all
generally concur to the preſervation of the whole, |
Beſides, it is worth obſervation to conſider thoſe
ways,and means the Divine Providence hath invented
forthe preſcrvation of thar being, which he hath gi-
yen to everyCreature,eſpecially to the Senſitive,asthe
moſt confiderable,which 1s a natural inſtint to know
the good,and avoid the bad : whence we may better
admire, than relate, the apt hability ſome have to
deceive, and that others have to eſcape and fly the
danger.
Though all thisdiverſity of Prodigics, faid Andre-
#ia,, Was but as one continued Series of Novelty :
yet my wonder was ſtil] dilated with the fight and
ſurvey of that immenſe Ocean, The Sea ſeemed as
envious of theEarth to form Tongues
inthe water to chide my ſlaggiſhneſs,
and by the noiſe of its Waves to in-
vite my cnriofity to a new admiration, Thus
wearied with my Walks, but not with my Thoughts,
I fate me down, on one of yonder Cliffs, oppreſſed
with as many fits of aſtoniſhment, as the Sea hath
Waves, Icontemplated much on thoſe ſlight bounds
The Sea.
" that
The Spaniſh Critic. 33
that impriſon the Sea, and the obedience of that
furious Monſter to the gentle Curb of the unltaoic
Sand.* Is it poſlible, ſaid I, there ſhould be no
ſtronger Wall, than that of Duſt, to limit the
violence of this furious Enemy ? Hold, faid Crtilo,
Divine Providence hath with much lenity circum-
ſcribed the rage of two boundleſs enemies, which
being let looſe, woukl have deſtroyed the World,
and its Inhabitants. The Sea he hath terminated
with the limits of the Sands, and -
the Fire he hath impriſoned in the * The Author
hard intrails of the Flint, which be- Jpedts _e "
ing, called by two ſtroaks only comes me ona
forth, and ſerves our occaſions: when ptiloſorby.
we have no farther need of it, it re-
tires OT 1s extinguiſhed ;, if this were not, two days
could not paſs, before the Earth were conſumed by
the Fire, or drowned with the Waters. - I could
not ſatiate my ſelf, {aid Andrenio, in behoſding the
tranſparent clearnc(s of the Waters, and my eyes
were hydropically thirſty to vie the conſtant mo-
tion of thoſe liquid Chryſtals. They ſay, anſiver-
ed Critilo, that the eyes being compoſed of tho:c
tio hamours V/atriſh, and Chryſtaline, are ſo much
pleaſed with beholding Waters, that they are neycr
wearied in beholding them. Above all, faid Andre-
210, when I ſaw fomanry Fiſhes within the Bowels of
the Sea, 10 differently formed from Birds, and
Beaſts, 1t was here, that I can properly ſay, my
admiration, was ata ſtand, and being wholly exhauſt-
ed was reduced to a xe plus /trz. Upon this Rock
being ſet alone, without other admonition than
my own weak Meditations. I began
to conſider the rare harmony of the Compoſition of
Univerſe, which being compoſed of © 7ntraries.
Cott-
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Contraries, one would think in ſo near a conjunCcti
on ſhould like irreconcilable Enemies, as they are
combare both to their own, and the Worlds dc
ſtruction : This held me for ſome time in contem
plation; for who would think'a League could be
made to compole things ſo contrary, and oppoſite 7
It 1s true, anfivered Critz/p, the World 1s compound
e4 of Contrarics, and Agreement of Diſcords; as
the Philoſopher ſaith, there 1s nothing, bur hath ary
Enemy with whom to combate, either with Victo4
y, or ſubj<ion, all is with action, 2nd paſhon
none ailaults, but Fis blows are returned by hi
Enemy. The Fiements command the Van-guard
by whole example the mixed compoſitions are en
courazed to Battel, one deſtroying the other, evil
waiting to entrap our Goods, and mahice to ruine
and overthrow our Fortunes, Sometimes even the
Stars have their Dillzntions,and Quarrels,and though
there is no Weapons, or rower 1n fight capable to
hurt thoje invulnerable Bodies ; yet the damage
of the War, like that of Soveraign Princes, re-
dounds to the affliction of their ſublunary Vaſſlals,
and their natural Diſcords are converted to moral
oppoſitions: ſo that none on Earth, is ſo peace-
able and quiet, but finds ſome whom he may hate,
or emulate, for corrupt nature 1s pregnant with
the innate feeds of diſſention, Thus in Age the
old are Oppoſers of the Young, in Complexion
the Phlegmatick are averſe to the Cholerick, in
Eſtate the Rich unſociable with the Poor, in Cli-
mate the Spaniard unplealing to the French: thus
in all forts of Qualities, and Conditions, fome are
contrary, or in oppoſition unto others, But what
if 1 ſhould tell you, that within the very Gates 0
Man himſelf, within the ſmall compaſs of that
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earthly Cottage , the fire of dillention ſhould be
kindled, and he as an enemy oppole himſelf? For
dcY he as a little World is compounded of all Contraries :
mY the Humours begin the Quarrel, the Moiſture re-
bg fiſts the radical Hear, ſtiu endeayouring to abate,
te FF and quench it; the interiour parts are always offen-
ady ſive to the Superiour, contradicting their Defigns,and
J litentions, and the Appetite ſabdues, and tramples
ang on Reaſon. The Soul, that immortal Spirit, is not
toY free from this Calamity, the Paſſions quarrel amoneſt
n MF themſelves; Fear cndeayours to abate Valour, Me-
hi lancholy Mirth; ſometimes we defire, and then we
abhor, ſometimes Vices triumph, and anon Vir-
tues, all conſiſts of Arms and War, and the Life of
Man on Earth 1s nothing but a continued Warfare.
But O! that aha) and infinite Wiſdom of
the Creator , who hath ſo moderated, and attem-
ered the Contrerieties ot Creatures, as to make
their Diſcords their ſtay, ſupport, and confervati-
J on, and thereby to unite, and fuſtain the whole Fa-
e-H brick of the Univerte, This, ſaid Audremo, was
none of my meanneſt Contemplations, obſerving
alYſo much change in fo much Permanency, all things
c- icemed to move in 2 continual progreſs to their na-
effural end, and yet the World as the ſtave of the
hl Tragedy to remain the fame conſtant, and immiz-
1cEtable. The ſupream Artiicer, faid Critilo, hath {0
nWordained, that nothing ſhould end, but another
nEſhould begin, that from the aſhes, or ruine of the
1-Yone ſhould ariſc another, that the corruption of one
15F ſhonld be the generation of another : when all
eYthings ſcein to be at an end, a neiv Ottspring be-
tYgins, Nature pcoples again the World, and older
fMazes caſt their Bill, and grow young with a new
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36 The Spaniſh Critick.
Generation, in all which is to be admired, and
adored the Wiſdom of Divine Providence.
But here, ſaid Andrenio, did not my thoughts,
and obſervation reſt, but itill pro-
The Changes cceded to conlider the variety of
of Time, times, and ſealſcns, the exchange
of day with night, of ſummer with
wintcr, by the moderate and gradual interventioi
of the temperate Spring; Nature procecding by
degrecs never makes ſo long a ſtep as from one
extream to another. In this again, ſaid Critilo, ap- }
pears the Divine Government, 1ot only in appoint- ?
ing unto all Creatures, their orders and ſituation,
but in accommodating fir ttmes and opportunities
agreeable to all occalions. The day ſerves for Ia-
bour, and the ſilence of the night tor quietneſs and
repole : the Froſts of Winter fix and extend the
Roots of Plants, and the Spring with a reviving
warmth cauſes the branches to blollom , and the
Summer appears in Plentiful hopes, and the Autumn
crowns our Labours with the Fruits we reap, and
gather into our Barns, But what do you think of
the ſtrange Miracle of the Rains? This too I adm:-
red very much, ſaid 41drenio, to ice thoſe ſweet
dews diſti] on the earth with gentleneſs, and divi-
ded ſtreams, for a common refreſhment: and
{caſonable, added Critilo, in the two Months of
- Oftober and April, which are productive of Fruit ,
and ſerve the Plow,and Sced, with a kindly Moiſture,
The changes alſo of the Moon contribute unto
Plenty, and favour by a wholeſome influence the
health of Creatures; for ſome Months are cold ,
others hot, ſome moiſt, and bluſtering, others dry,
and ſerene, according to the different Seaſons : the
Waters cleanſe, and fructifie, the Winds purge,and
? animate ;
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The Spaniſh Critick. 37
antmate 3 the Earth immoveably ſupports the
deſcending gravity of Bodies,the Air is pliable not to
hinder their motion, and diaphanous not to obſtruct
and cloud the Sight. Whence we may ſee, that it
is, that Divine Omnipotency, that Eternal Provi-
dence, and that only immenſe Bounty, which alone
knows how to erect this vaſt Fabrick, which we can
never ſuſtciently admire, contemplate and applaud.
Theſe are certain Truths , faid Andrenio, which 1
have often oblerycd, and yet 11] conceived in my rude
Underſtanding. It was no unpleaſant entertainment
to me, to traverſe all the day from one place unto
another, from one proſpect to another, continuing
to admire, and yiew the Heaven, the Earth, the
Seas, the Fields, and all with an unſatiable fruition.
But that point, on which I much inſiſted, was that
admirable Art of the Divine Wiſdom, which with
ſo much facility hath performed a Labour fo dith-
cult, and in the firſt invention proceeded to the ve-
ry height and top of all Perfeftion, and Accom-
compliſhment : How much art was there in fixing
the Earth firmly on its Baſis ro be a ſecure founda-
tion for the following Superſtructure ? Nor leſs ad-
mirable are thoſe perennal ſtreams of Fountains,
which twell with an unexhauſtible increaſe, whole
continued inundation is no more than a neceſſary
Plenty, How much power is there in forming the
Tempeſts, and thoſe ſtill whiſperings of Wind ,
which ſteal from unknown places, and as much un-
known the Stages to which they tend ? How much
power was there in digeſting thoſe uſeful heaps of
Mountains, the ribs of this compoſure, the Bay and
Harbour for the Farth to ſhrowd it ſelf under ?
Theſe, as they are additions to the bcauty of the
Worlds variety, fo are they the Treaſuries of the
DD 3 SHOWS
38 The Spaniſh Critick.
Snows the Mines from which Mettals are extracted,
are the the diſſolvers, or breakers of the Clouds.the
Head and original of Fountains, and the dens of
3eaſts ; from them fall the Iotty Pines to build our
Ships, and Houſes, in them we have refuge from the
over-flowings of Waters,in them we remain ſecure,gs
in Towers, 'or Bit |-works from the ſudden aſſaults,
Or ſurprizal of our Fnemics : all which M:racles,and
Wonders, wha: but an infinite Wiſdom could ſorm,
ang dilf-0. e wii! Reaſon, therefore muſt we cons»
feſs that were a!: the beſt Heads, ard Judzments
of tne World united in one, and all their Realons,
20d Diſcourſes, {queezed, and diſtilled to the pu-
ret quintcllence of Rationality, It were not Capa-
ble to amend thc leaſt circumſtance, or make an
addition to the laſt Atome of Natures pertection.
And if that King, for only knowiig four Stars, was
ſo highly commended by one of. his Paraſites (10
much 1s Wiſdom cftee:ned in a Prince ) and with
that extravagant applauſe, ſaying, That if he had
been Counſellor to the Divine Workman, at that
time when he created, and ordcred theſe things,
that his Humane Wiſdom would have outdone the
Divine, and better contrived the compoſi're of his
Fabrick. But this ſaying procecded not from an
efet of Reaſon, but from a deieit of Judgment,
Incident to the n2ture of the Spaniſh Nation ; "which
in the ſwellingsof their boaſting humour cannot mo-
derate their oftentation though wich God himſelf.
Hear me, ſaid Andrenin, this laſt truth the great-
eſt, and moſt ſublime of any, that
,0- of Div: I have yet declared, I confefs ,
buy that though I have admired four
ſtrange Prodigies in this Univerſe,
v:z. The multitude and variety of Creatures, the
hats
The Spaniſh Critick. 39
harmony and agreement 1in Contraries, their beauty
and ornament mixed with profit, and convenience,
and their mutations with Permanency, Yet above
all , I remained confuſed in the knowledge of the
Creator, who 1s ſo manifelt 1a his Creatures, and
yet hid in himſelf; whoſe Attribuc's) are imprinted
on every ſtep, and a@tion of his Work, as his Om-
nipotencey in the execution, his Providence in the
Government, his Beanty in the pertection, his
Bounty in the communicaton; and ſo the reſt of his
Attributes ; of which as none were unemployed at
the beginning, ſo in ſucceeding ages are maintained,
and conſerved by the exiſtence and operation of his
wer. And notwithſtanding this greet God is
hid, though known, not ſeen, though maniteſt, far
diſtant, though near; this 1s that riddle which hath
confuſed my Underſtanding, and lett me in an ex-
talie of love, and adoration, Man, ſaid Cr2le,-1s
naturally inclined to love his Maker, as the begin-
ing, andend he tends unto. Nor is there any Na-
tion ſo barbarouſlly ignorant, in whom the Light of
Nature hath not infuſed the awe, and reverence of
a Deity , ſufficient to curb the moſt audacious
profaneneſs, and convince them of the Divine
Eſſence, Omnipreſence, Nature having made no-
thing but to ſome end, the inclinations and propen-
lities of every Creature are wetul 1n their ſeveral
Operations. It the Loadicone turas unto the North,
i denotes a ſimpathy between them, an4 its trem-
bling till it returns unto its, Point, ſhews that a vio-
lence is offered to its nature, whillt ic remains in
the ſtate of Separation. -If the Plant turns with the
Sun, the Fiſh totke,Water, - the Stone tothe Centre,
and Man to God; there muſt be a God, who is his
attracting North, his Centre, and Syn, to which
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40 The Spaniſh Critick.
his head bends, and with whoſe vigor, and heat
the deadneſs of his Soul receives VigOr t0 revive,
From this Great Sire do all Creatures acknowledge
to have received their Being : he only 1s from him-
ſelf, and therefore is Infinite in all kindof Perfecti-
On, "whoſe Being none 1s able to circumſcribe with
Phce, or Time. Though he 1s not ſeen, yet heis
known, and like a Soveraign Prince keeps a diſtance |}
agreeable to his Majeſtick Greatneſs, not admit- Þ
ting, unleſs rarely, his Vallals to a familiar Audi- |
ence, and yet is familiarly preſent with all by the |
repreſentation of his Creatures. So that a Philoſo- |
Pher defines this World to bethe Grand Looking-
Glaſs of God. - Philo» Ebrens terms it the invita-
tion of the Soul, and the only nouriſhment which |
feeds Minds, Pythagors calls xt a Tuned-Harp, #
whoſe meaſure , and harmony wraps up our Con- |
templations, and Thoughts with uncontainable Ra- |
viſhments. * Tertulliay names it the Pomp of In- |
created Majeſty, And Triſmegiſtus the Mutical Con- þ
fonancy of the Divine Attributes. :
Theſe are, and fo concluded Amarexio, the firſt }
Rudiments of my Liſe, better conceived than re- |
lated; for where the Thoughts are ſcrewed be- |
yond their natural power, there muſt conſequently
want words to utter them. That which I muſt now
deſire of you is,' that you would fatisfie my longing
expectation to know what you are,and from whence
you came, and how you palled the rowling Waves
of this Ocean, tell me 1t there be more Worlds, or
more People than this, to all which my Curioſi Ity
will render me as attentive as you can defire, To
which Relation Critilo willing conſented, being
the great Tragedy of tus Life declared i an the fol-
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Critilo Relates the Misfortumes of his Love in
the time of his Touth;, and the occaſion of his
Shipwrack,
FI*Hey ſay that ons complained of the Injuries
he had received from Fortune, in that ſhe had
ſlighted and undervalued the Power of his Mother,
by not appealing, as ſhe was want, to her Arbitre-
ment and Judicature. What want you Blind Boy,
faid Fortune ? and heagain, replyed, this is agree-
able to thoſe reproaches and icorn , which Envy
and Diſſention hath caſt upon me, |
' Fortune. With whom have you this enmity ?
Cupid. With all the World.
Fortune, I am ſorry you ſhould contend with fo
powerful an Enemy, and that the Juſtice of your
Cauſe ſhould invite none to defend ir.
4 | Cupid,
24 The Spaniſh Critick.
GC Had I but only you on my ſide, I ſhould
be ſufficiently defended, and this my Mother daily
tells me, and often preaches to me, that I ſhould get
you to my Friendſhip and Party.
Fort. But do you not revenge your ſelf ?
Cupid. Yes, both of young and old.
Fort, Well, but what is the occaſion, and reaſon
for your anger ?
Cupid. T he cauſe is as great, as jul.
Fort. Perhaps thoſe ordinary reproaches of ha-
. ving been born in the Family of a Mechanick, or
your Education to be no other than amidſt the An-
vile, ard Hammers of a ſmooty Forge.
Cxpid. No, not theſe, for never was I ſo diſinge-
2uous as to deny Truth.
Fort. Nor ſhould it trouble you to be called the
Son of your Mother. |
Cupid. This leſs ;, for I triumph and glory rather
to proceed from the Race of ſo Divine a Progeny ;
neither can I be without her, nor ſhe without me;
neither Venus without Cxpid, nor Cupid without
Vents.
Fort. Now I know your diſtaſte, you are vexed to
be thought the heir of your Grandfathers defects,
or toimitate the Sea, that troubled and unconſtant
Element.
Cupid. No, for theſe are but Fables.
Fore. If theſe be Fables, what are Truths ?
Cupid, That which unquiets me is, that they im-
poſe upon me falſe Aſperſions, unſeemly Epithites,
and Slanders.
Fore. I underſtand you now ; without doubt it is,
that they ſay , you have changed your Bow with
Death, and are not called Amor from Amare , but
from Mori, as if Love, and Death were both one,
\ your
The Spaniſh Critick 42
our Profeſſion being to deſtroy Lite, to unrip the
Teart, and lodge it in another; rather where it
loves, than where it animates.
Cupid. This 1s all true,
Fort. If this be true, what other weproach can
you complain of, as falle, or 1njurious ?
Cupid, Are thoſe true, that ſpeak me Blind, and
whoſe Malice would pluck out my Eyes? If I am
blind, let thoſe well-ſhot Arrows declare, or thoſe
marks hit, be mended by the ſhafts of a more
uick-lighted Shooter, They paint me allo with a
Fillet bound about my Eyes; not only Apelles, whole
Fancy guides his Pencil, nor the Poets, whole obli-
pom Is to faign, and their trade to invent fabu-
ous Fancies ; but allo the wiſe and underſtanding
Philoſophers; Theſe are they which move my
Patience, and make me angry to think their better
Judgments ſhould ſtile me ſuch, and
lixe the reſt be ſeduced with a vulgar Blind Paſſion.
Error, Prithce tell me, Fortune, what
Paſlion 1s there, that doth not blind ? Is not the
Angry blinded with his own Choler ? The Covetous
with his Intereſt ? The Deſperate with his Conh-
dence ? The Idle with his Sleep? Is not the Vain
a Mole in- his Gallantry, and the Hypocrite
blinded with the Beams of his Eyes ? And do
not the Proud, Gluttonous, and Drunkards groap1n
the darkneſs of their own Paſſions ? Why then do
they impole this Ignominy on me only,and ſq deprive
me of my Sight, that by a Metonimy of blindneſs
they deſcribe me? which is the- more ſtrange, be-
cauſe this deprivation 1s contrary to my Nature ; and
Sight gives me the firſt Being, By Seeing I begin, and
thereby my Paſſion is nouriſhed and formed, and like
an Eagle at the Sun, am neyer wearied with behold-
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44 The Spaniſh Critick.
ing Beauty. This is the quarrel, and injury I com-
plain of; what think you, have notl reaſon? The
tame, ſaid Fortwne, is my grievance ; and ſince we
both lie under the fame abuſe, let our equal mis-
fortune comfort, and content us both ; but that which
hath chiefly impoſed this name upon you, is the too
raiſed conceit of your own Sight, as if only ena-
moured Spirits knew how todelight their cyes; and
that others had only light to ſerve their neceſlity,
and not their curioſity, which cauſes you to accuſe
them of blind Ignorance, and upbraid your defects
in return of their affronts: He that will ſee tis
Philoſophy compared with experience, let him at-
tend to this following diſcourſe of Cr:ti/o, which he
dedicates to the years of flouriſhing Youth.
'Your demand, faid he, renews my antient grief,
which my mind already better feels, than my tongue
relates: as your diſcourſe was pleaſant and delight-
ful, ſo the troubles, and misfortunes of my life con-
vert our former content into extremes of Melancholy:
happy art thou who waſt born among the Beaſts,
and unhappy I who was born and educated amongſt
Men,whoſe cruelty exceeds that of ravenous Wolves;
for every one 1s to the other ſuch, and to bea Man
1s to be more unhumane than they, You have given
me an account how you came into the World,and I
ſhall tell you, how I came out of it ; the ſence of
which hath ſo altered, and changed my humour,
and condition , that I know not ſo well to tell you
who I am, as who I was. They ſay I was born at
Sea, and indeed the inconſtancy of my Fortune
periwades me the ſame. The word, Sea, was no
ſooner out of his Mouth, but turning his eyes to-
wards it, on a ſudden ſtarted up, and —_
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The Spaniſh Critick, 45
his ſight at firſt, ſtood a while in ſuſpence, but ar
length calling to Andrenio, and pointing with his
Finger, Doſt thou not ſee, ſaid he, yonder afar off?
What is it you ſee ? I ee, faid he, ſome wandring
Mountains, or winged Sea-Monſters, or elſe ſome
Clouds. No, faid Critiſo, they are Ships, though
you have ſaid aptly in calling chem Clouds for they
rain Gold into Spain. Andrenio was much pleaſed
to ſee them come in with ſuch full ſwelled Sails;
for he admired a ſight ſo unuſual, being naturally
| defirous to enter into humane Socicty 3 but Critils
began to ſigh, and lament the trouble and inconve-
nience of the preſent occaſion. What is the matter,
ſaid Andrenio, is not this the deſired Fleet of which
you told me? Yes. Are not thoſe Men that
come? Yes, Why then are you ſo ſad ? For
this only reaſon, faid Critilo, for know, Andrenio,
that we ,are already lodged within
the power of our enemies; now We Moral Rulzx.
muſt be circumſpect over all our . |
ations, be provident in ſeeing, cautious in hear-
ing, but eſpecially ſpeaking; we muſt bridle our
tongues, and before we begin our Speech, we muſt
premeditate what inconvenience may enſue. The
rofeſſions you make may to credulous ears
inſinuate affection and friendſhip, but be ſo provi-
dent as to arm againſt the aſſaults of enemies. This
new LeCture ſcemed ſtrange to Andrenio, whole Judg-
ment not being improved by experience,made him to
reprove Critilo,wondring that he did not rather adviſe
him of the dangers of the Woods, and cruelty of
Beaſts,than with ſo much inveterate hatred to inveigh
againſt man. Was not our danger greater, faid
he,whilſt our want of habitation drove us to the dens
of Tygers, nor did you fear them, much lefs ſhould
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46 The Spaniſh Critick.
your courage abate with the fight of men. Yes,
ſighing, an! wered Critilo, for if Men be not Beaſts,
it is becauſe their inhumanity exceeds
The Iniquity of Theirs , whole irrational Soul is not
Mankind. capable to invent ſuch extravagant
Iniquities. Never was our danger
greater than with the approach of theſe ; which
Truth is confirmed by the example of a King,who
to protect his Favorite from the violent hands of
115 own Courtiers, incloſed him within the Den of
his Lyons, eſteeming him more ſecure there, than
within the reach, or power of his malevolent Pro-
ſecutors. I ſhall refer that to your own confeſſion,
after that your better experlence hath acquainted
you with the ſame. Hold, faid Andrenio, are
they not all like you? Yes, and yet are not, for
evcry one 1s the Son of his Mother, wedded to his
own humour, and opinion, and affeted with a diver-
ſrty both of fancy and geſture. There are ſome who
but Pigmies in growth, have yet their Souls elevated
to the Skies, and others, Giants in bodies, have yet
their thoughts levelled with the Earth : you ſhall
meet others of a revengeful, and malitious Spirit,
whoſe rage dies not with time, and whole rancour
infecteth others; as poiſonous as the Scorpions Tail,
having its Venom ſublimated by age, and long du-
' Tance, You ſhall heat, but Ict it be your care to
avoid the impertinent diſcourſes of the talkative,
which are often vain,and idle,and neither profitable
to him that ſpeaks, or hears them. You will pleaſe
your ſelf with the conceits of ſome, whoſe quicker
genius comments on the aCtions of others, imitating,
in a jeſting ſcorn their words, their manners, and
behaviour ; but theſe Men reflect not on the lool-
neſs of their own Lives, nor how obnoxious they
are
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are to the cenſures of a ſcrutinous Judge ; others
there are fooliſhly inquiſitive, whoſe impertinent
queſtions may puzzle the Anſivers of a good Reſol-
ver. You ſhall ſee others, whoſe long diſcourſes
conclude 1n nothing, in all things aggravating and
enlarging; for though they be Men more ſhort in
ſtature than one of Navarre, and corpulent allo ,
are yet without ſubſtance, In fine, you ſhall find
few men that are ſo, Brutes they may be, and Mon-
ſters of the World, having no ſubſtance but their own
Fleſh and Skin, and the reſt but a meer ſhadow or
apparition of Mankind,
But tell me, how 1s Man capable of doing ſo much
miſchief, ſince Nature as ſeemingly negligent of
him , hath denied him thoſe weapons with which,
ſhe hath armed, and defended Beaſts? He hath no
claws like the Lyon, or Tyger, no Trunk like the
Elephant, no Horns like the Bull, no Tusks like
the Boar, no Teeth like the Dog, nor Mouth like
the Wolf, how then 1s that unarmed Malice able to
| wage ſuch continual War ? For this very reaſon,
ſaid Critilo, hath provident Nature not delivered
weapons into the hands of an enemy dangerous to
himſelf, and the reſt of her Product ; whoſe hate
knows no bounds, Yor being let looſe, would deſtroy
even Nature her ſelf, notwithſtanding all which,
his malice hath found means to convert thoſe parts
which Nature hath given him for neceſſary uſes into
more bloudy and cruel Weapons than thoſe of Beaſts,
his Tongue 1s more ſharp than the Lyons Claws,
by which he ſhatters the Reputation of others, and
wounds them in their name, and honour, His bad
intentions are more perverſe, and crooked than the
Bulls horns,hurt at random, and hit thoſe it never aim-
cd at ; his bowells are more poiſonous than theV1 porn,
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48 The Spaniſh Gritick.
his breath blaſts more than the Dragons, his eyes are
more envious,and dart more deadly emuſlions, than
the Baſilisks, his teeth are more ſharp than the fangs
of the Boar, and his noſe like the Elephants trunk,
wrings and turns it ſelf into a thouſand forms, and
ſhapes of deriſion ; ſo that all thoſe offenſive Arms
which are ſparingly delivered to other Creatures,are
not given to, but uſurped by Man, and in him found
as the ſtore and Magazine of them all, And that you
- mayunderſtand this the better, know that Lyons,and
Tygers are capable of no other damage, than what
touches their Bodies z but Man is able to what mi-
ſery, fraud, deceit, treaſon, theft, homicide, adul-
tery, envy, injuries, detrattions, and falſities can
throw on 'his honour, and caſt on his peace, eſtate,
content, happineſs, conſcience, nay and to a malice,
which would proceed to the very ruine, and deſtru-
&ion of his Soul; Believe me, there is no Wolf, nor
Lyon, nor Tyger fo unhumane, as Man; which 1s
ſufficiently verified, if true, what isreported, That
a Malefator being condemned to die upon a legal
Tryal, was by Sentence of Juſtice to be caſt into a
deep Cave to be there devoured by rayenous Beaſts : |
it fortuned that a Stranger paſſing by, and hearing
the ſighs, and groans of the congemned perſon, and
yet ignorant of the pugiſhment, was movyed by com-
- Paſſion to relieve him out of miſery ; to which end
opening the Cave ſuddenly, with extraordinary
nimbleneſs leaped out the Tyger, which contrary
£o its nature, and the expectation of the Traveller,
by way of falute and gratefulneſs, kindly kiſled and
licked his hands; next followed the Snake, which
twined about his Legs, not to wound, but to em-
brace them; in like manner did all the reſt moſt
gratefully joig to give him thanks uot only for ſa-
VINg
The Spaniſh Critich. 49
ving their lives, but for reſcuing them from a death
accompanied with the loathſome Society of a wick-
ed Man; .1n recompence of which they ſeemed to
adviſe him to fly and be gone, lcaſt when
that Miſcreant came forth, he ſhould 2cxs Cruelty,
endanger his own life, by ſaving his
The Paſſenger, though much amazed, yet delired
to ſee him whom he had fo much obliged, expect-
ing ſome acknowledgements for ſo great a beneſit,
inſtead of which the Malefactor coming forth, and
ſuppoſing that the Traveller carried ſome Wealth
and Riches with him, killed him, and deſpoiled
him of all, a kind return of his Charity and Com-
paſſion. And now judge, which are moſt cruel,
Men, or Beaſts, I am more aſtoniſhed, and ama-
zed, ſaid Andrenio, to hear this, than the day I be-
held the World. You cannot fully conceive their
Malice, faid Crizilo, and yet Women are worſe, and
more dangerous, If they be worſe, what mult they
be then? In ſhort they are Divels, hereafter I
will tell you more of them : but above all I
. conjure you , that, by no means you tell,
who we are, nor how I came hither, nor how
you proceeded to Light, for by that means you may
looſe your Liberty, and I my Life. And though 1
ciſtruſt not your faithfulneſs, and ſecrecy, yet I am
glad, that I have not finiſhed the Relation of my
Misfortunes, which in this only are fortunate, that
being asyet untold, are not ſubject to that diſcourſe
which may ſometimes inconſiderately fall from you.
Here therefore we will double down the leaf, until
the next occaſion, which cannot want in ſo long a
Voyage.
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By this time the near approach of the Fleet made
their Voices more diſtinct and audible, which they
raiſed with greater acclamations with the joy concei-
ved at their arrival : Men always grow more wan-
ton,when their ſucceſs promiſes faireſt, and their cn-
terprizes have the face of a happy ilſue,;being come
into the Read, they furled their Sails, and call
their Anchors, and the Paſſengers began to land on
the defired Shoar : The mecting was as ſtrange
to the new-come Gueſts, as to the two Inhabitants ;
who in the relation they gave of themſelves, decla-
red, that having been aſleep, or negligent at the
departure of the laſt Fleet, they were left behind on
that INand, which account reconciled both their pity,
and their courtcfie, Having thus for ſome days en-
tertained themſelves in Hunting, and furniſhed
their Veſſels with freſh Water, and Waod, they {ct
to Sea, direting their courie to defired Spain,
Critilo and Andrenio embarked together on the lame
Gallion, which fort of Veſlel is a terror to its enc-
mies , the oppoler of the Winds, and a yoak, of
{ubjection to the Occan., The Voyage was as dan-
gerous as long, but the Relation which Crizulo made
of. the many Tragedies his life had paſſed , was a
ood entertainment for tedious hours, which he pro-
{ocuted in this manner.
was born, (as I have already told you) anudlt of
|
= this immenſe Golfe, and of the dangers and conti-
nual motions of Tis. turbuleat Element. The rea-
ate ſon was, that my Parents being both
Critilo relates Spaniards, by conſent, and fayour ©
=" _ Philip the Great , the moſt univerſal
Dn ff and mighty Monarch , embarked for
| the
The Spaniſh Critick, 51
the Indies with no ſmall Wealth to improve their
Fortunes. My Mother at that time ſaſpecting her
ſelf with Child, carried me in her Womb; and be-
force the tedious Voyage was ended, brought me
torth, whoſe untimely birth was haſt:zed by the
terrors of that Tempeſt, in which I came to light,
that io the raving of the Seas, might add pains to
the pangs of her Travail: My being born amid({t
this confuſion, was a bad omen of my future infeli-
cities, fo carly began Fortune to play with my life,
hurrying me trom one part of the World to the
other. At lait we arrived at that rich and famous
City of Goa, which is the Court of the Catholick
Empire in the Eaſt, the Imperial and Auguſt Seat
of its Vice-kings, and univerſal Emporium of the
Tudies , and its Richnels. At this place lived my
Father, whole Stock, which he brought with him,
directed with Prudence, and induitry , advanced
ſuddenly both his Fame, and Fortune. But I, being
educated amidit the happineſs of-a plentiful condi-
tion, and beirſg the only Son of my Parents, was
tenderly nurtured with too much care, and indul-
gence, whoſe fandneſs to me in my
Childhood, produced the fruits of picious Touth,
2n exorbitant Youth, For being novy
entered into the green champions of ſpringing
years, made wanton with delights, looſe and un-
curbed by the reigns of Realon, I fell into Gaming,
empairinz my Eſtate, and abuſing the induſtry of
my Parents, whoſe cares obtained that with trouble,
which my folly ſquazdred in paſtime, From this Vice
I paſſed to the vain toyes of Gallaniry, and Faſhions,
dreſſing my Body with borrowed Feathers, whillt I
negleRted the true adornments and vertues of the
Soul. This vanity of mine was 1ncited wes 22- 4
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| the evil converſation of ſome pretended Friends,
Flatterers, and Braves, the vile moths of an Eſtate,
Honour, and Conſcience, T he Wiſdom of my Father
p-ognoſticated the ruine of me his unfortunate Son,
and. Family, from whole rigour I appealed to the
indulgent tenderneſs of my \Mother, whoſe pro-
tection defended me not, but deſtroy ed me.
Fut at that time my Father gave an end unto his
days, ſeeing but littke hopes to recover me from my
delperate condition, eſpecially as then being blindly
elltangled within the L abyrinth of love, . For I had
caſt my affections upon a L ady, though
The Ameurs of Noble, beaureous, and as pertect as
Critilo. Nature could make her, yet wanting
the endowments of Fortune, ſhe ſhined
not in that luſtre to the World as to be adored,
and courted for them: only I alone idolized her
perſon, and my devotion grew more zealous by the
correſpondence of her favours : and though her Pa-
rents deſired to admit me into their Family, yet
mine refuſed to admit her into theits, endeavour-
ing by all meansto wean my affections, which they
[tiled my ruine,and by propoſing another Match more
fitted to their convenience, than my content, thought
to diſtract, or divert my love, which was ſo firm,
and blindly conſtant, that nothing could overcome :
I thought, I ſpake, I dreamed of nothing but Felz-
| finda ( for fo ſhe was called ) eſteeming no ſmall
portion of my happinels to conſiſt in the Tepetiti-
on of her name, This, and many other diſcontents
were heavy troubles of my aget Father (the ordi-
nary puniſhment of Paternal indulgence) which fate
ſo heavily on him, as to deprive him of his life,and
me of my protection ; But yet the ignorance of my.
Youth knew not how to make that eſtimate of oy
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loſs as the importance of ſo great damage ought ro
have affected me. My tender natured Mother be-
wailed, and performed the Obſequies of the dead
with tears ſufficient for us both ; but with that ex-
ceſs, that her own life laſted not long after, leaving
me more free, and leſs ſad. The undoubrted hopes
of obtaining my Miſtreſs, were now by the re-
moval of thoſe obſtacles, ſome remedy of my griet,
and recompence of my Joſs: bnt thoſe filial reipects
I owed tothe memory of my dead Parents, and my
deſires to comply with the cenſures of the Wor Id,
made me for ſome days to retard my intentions ,
which ſeemed years,and ages to my longing hopes. In
which interim my unconſtant Fortune ſo changed
the condition of thele preſent affairs, that the death -
of my Parents, which at firſt ſeemed to facilitate
my deſires, was that at laſt which put the obſtacle,
and reduced them to an Eſtate of almoſt impoſT:b'c
For it fortuned, that in a ſhort time the Brot!ii-r or
my Miſtreſs died, a Gentleman well accompliſhed,
and noble, the ſole Heir of the Family, leaving my
Felifindalnheritrix of all, and Phenix
in all Ornaments, whoſe Beauty now _,, Aficfor=
joined with Riches , made her 'olory tunes of Criti-
to ſhine in the higheſt magnitude ; lo's Loves.
her fame was 8! reatly ſpread in one
day, being become a perſon that ſuired with the
molt aſpiring ambition of that Court, This un-
expected accident intervening, things had a ſtrange
change, and the face of my affairs looked diſferear,
to what they formerly promited; only the conſtan.
cy of Feliſiada was ſtable, and changed i inno:hing but
in greater kindneſs; her Friends and Parents alpiriog
now unto higher Matches, were the firſt who by
cold entertainments diſcountenanced my preten(!0ns,
FE 3 which
54 The Spaniſh Critith,
which they had formerly invited: this negle&t pro-
ceeded afterwards to affronts,and endeavours to move
in her a hatred of my Perſon ; - but ſhe adviſed me of
all that might diſadvantage me,made me ofa Loyer to
2come her Counceilor, Many other Rivals as
powerful 2s numerous declared themiclves; but Lo-
vers who were wounded more by thole Arrows
which were ſhot from the Quiver of her Portion,
than from the Bow of Love ; yetof all I was timo-
rous and ſuſpitious, love being naturally jealous,
and like an effeminate Paſſion apt to be foiled with
tne leaſt cilappointment , but that which gave me
the greateſt blow, was the pretenſions of a new R1-
val, who , beſides that he was comely, rich, and
YO onthful, he was Kinſman of the Vice-king,which 1s
there 5 much as to be allyed to a Deity, or to be a.
| Branck of Divinity,whoſe Wull is his Law,and whoſe
Intentions are as ſoon executed, as conceived : he,
3 ſav, began to declare himſelf a Pretender to my Mi-
ſtreſs, being as confident,as powerful ; we both ſtood
at open dehance, he encouraged by the ſtrength of
his authority, an4 I enabled with the Paſſion of
Love : but his own, and the reaſon of others aſſu-
reT him , that this long rooted affetion of mine,
compleated with time, and converſation, was not
eaſily eradicated, unleſs diverted; to which efteCt,
he promiſed his beſt aſſiſtance , and favour to the
jnduſtry, and malice of my enemies; whoſe Plot
was by Laiv to pretend upon my Eſtate, and there- |
by either to ſcare me out of the fits of Love, or at
leaſt to affright the Parents of Feliſinda from Match-
Ing her with ime, over whom hanged an apparent
ruine. I ſoon perceived my ſelf entangled within
two dangerous toils, of Intereſt, and Love; but
Lave being that wiuch moſt prevailed, the fear of
looſing
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looſing my Eſtate was not ſtrong enough to contend
with the valour of my altection, which like the
Palm grew more under the heavy preſſure, But
what this Plot 'wanted to avail with me, it worked
in the Parents of my Miſtreſs, whoconlidering moſt
the conveniencics of Intereſt, and Honour, contri-
ved- I know not how to proceed, it
w1ll be better to leave off: But 4xdreniv, Ihil preſ-
ſing him to proceed; Well, ſaid he, in fne, they
relolved to kill mc,and to dcliver that life to my Ad-
verlary which was already conſecrated, and devo-
ted tomy Miſtreſs; but ſhe acquainted me with the
deſign that night from her Balcony, and according to
her cuſtom conſultedwith me concerning the remedy;
with which ſhe let fall ſuch a floud of tcars, as kind-
led in my breaſt a ſirc, and hel] of deipair, and fury,
ſo that the next day, not conſidering the inconve-
nicncies, nor dangers of Hononr or Litc, but guided
by the blindneſs of my Paſhon,armed with my Sword,
or rather Thunderbolt, pierced through the Qui»
ver of Love, and whettcd with anger and jealou-
ſie, I went in purſu;zt of my Enemy ;, and nov re-
mitting diſputes to works, and our ton2nes tO our
hands, we un{heathed our Swords without remorte,
and having made ſome tew Paſſes cach at the other,
I ſoon pierced his heart, depriving him both of
Love, and Life, ſo that wow I lay cexpoicd to the
Sentence of [Juſtice ; whole Miniſters, defirous to
content the Vice-king, and covetous to engroſs my
Eſtate, were ready at hand to exccute their Office,
I was prelently ſentenced to impriton-
ment in adark Dungeon, laden with The Fruit of
Bolts,and Irons,the natural Fruit of my #77.
fooliſh raſhneſs, The fad news ſoon
came to the ears of my Rivals Parents, who meited
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intheir ſighs and tears, and reſolving to revenge the
injary, continually thundred out threats againſt me
The Vice-king alſo moved with the death of his
Kinſman, deſigned to proſecute Juſtice to the ut-
moſt extremity. The report of our Combat was
ſoon bruited abroad, and as mens affections led
them, they either condemned, or defended me;
but all were generally ſorry, that our Reaſon guided
us not better than ſo unfortunately to ruine each
other. Only my Miſtreſs was ſhe alone, that tri-
" umphed in my valour, and celebrated the faithful-
neſs of my affe tion, and conſtancy. The Charge
was ſtrongly pro'ecuted azainſt me, of which being
convicted, my Eſtate became their Prey, and my
Riches a ſacrifice to their revenge, venting their
malice thereupon, as the angry Bull
Ar the Sports doth on the Cloak of his eſcaped
of Bulls in Enemy. The ſole ſupport which re-
Spain, they a- mained unto me, were ſome Jewels,
woid often _ which providently I had entruſted
Ay within the ſacred Walls of a Monaſte-
ing therr Cioaks TY, the only Relique of my ſhip-
away. wracked Fortune, The violence of
this Storm ſtopped not at the ruine
of my Eſtate, but proceeded ro a condemnation of
my Life; and having loſt my Goods, I loſt alſo my
Friends, which are Companions inſeparable each
from the other; but all this had not yet abated my
Courage, had not ſomething more unhappy aug-
mented my Misfortunes : For the Parents of Feli-
findz dilcontented at the accidents and diſgraces
lately paſt, reſolved to leave the In17es, and ſeek
more quietneſs, and preferment in Spain,which they
hoped ro procure by the fayour, and recommenda-
flons of the Vice-king, So that having converted
theig
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their Eſtate into Money, they embarked on the
firſt Fleet, leaving me —_ ——- With that his ſighs
interrupted his Specch, and his tears gave a full
ſtop unto his diſcourſe : At laſt, ſaid he, they car-
ried with them two Pledges of my Soul, wh-ch doubled
my grief, and made it more fatal; one was Felifinds
herſelf,and the other was, the Burden which ſhe bore
in her Womb, miſerable only for being mine, They
being in this manner ſet to Sea, had their Wind
increaſed by the ſtorms of my Breaſt, whom whillt
I leave engolfed in the Ocean, I was drowned in
the Sea of my tears, remaining eternally condem-
ned to darkneſs, and a Dungeon, poor and forſaken,
forgotten of All, but the malice, and hatred of my
Enemues.
As he who falling from a Mountain, ſcatters his
ſpoils on cvery ſtone, here his Har,
there his Cloak, there his Eyes, and The guine
MHands, till at laſt he looſes his life, mbich Love
and burſts in pieces at the bottom. 9r:ngs.
. Even fo, I ſliding from the dangerous
Clifts of this Iv ory Rock,more to be feared, becauſe
! delightful, rowled my ſelf from one misfortnne to an-
other, left on every ſtone teſtimonies of my Ruine,
-1n Goods, Honour, Health, Parents, Friends, and
[- Liberty, till I arrived at this grave, and priſon, the
| .abiſs and pit of my Miſeries. Yet I may truly fay,
that though Wealth corrupted my happineſs, and
raiſed enemies to throw troubles on me ; yet Paver-
ty reſtored me to a better condition; for herel
found Wiſdom, unto which, till now, the extra-
| vagance of Youth had made me a Stranger here
] nadeceived my felf, and gained experience and
health
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58 The Spaniſh Critick.
health both of body and Soul : and being aban-
doned of all living Society, I conyerled with, the
dead, and by reading I began fo underTtand, - and
to: become rational, having only before led the
ſenſitive life; ſo that having extracted ſome know-
ledge, my underſtanding was enlightned , and my
will was obedient to the dictates of it, one being
replete with Wiſdom, and the other with Virtue :
_ and ſo lopened my eyes when there was nothing to
ſee, and ſo it happens ofcen, I ſtudied the noble
Arts, and ſublime Sciences, devoting my ſelf with
great affection to Moral Philoſophy, .which 1s the
Food of the Judgment, the Centre_gf Realon, and
tha _Life"of "Diſcretion.—T reformed my elf from
.the vain Society af my Companions ; inſtead of a
wanton Youth, I chole a ſevere Cato, 1n place of a
ſhalow Wit, a wiſe Sexeca; ſometimes I peruſed
Socrates, anon Divine Plato, caling 1n this manner
my tedious hours, and recreating my ſelf in that
grave of the living, and labyrinth of liberty. Years
paſſed, and Vice-kings, but ſtill continued the ri-
gue of my Adverſarics ; for they prolonged the
earing of my Cauſe, and fince they could arrive
no higher, they reſolved to linger out my days in
Priſon, and convert my Dungeon into my Grave,
But at the end of ſome years mileries, came an Or-
| der from Spain, obtained by the ſecret Negotiation
of my Miſtreſs, that my Cauſe and Perſon ſhould
be remitted thither. The new Vice-king being lels
my Enemy, and more favourable, put it in executi-
on, and diſpatched me away 1n the firſt Fleet, com-
mitting me a Priſoner to the charge of the Captain
of the Ship. Thus parted I from the Tzadier, the
firſt from that place, poor, and neceſſitous,to whom
| Tc
The Spaniſh Critich, 59
the dangers of the Seas ſeemed Entertainments and
Pleaſures. My Alable diſpoſition ſoon gained me
Friends, and tioſe,that were deſighted with Truth,
were attentive Auditors of my Lectures ot Morali-
ty 3 but above all, the Captain of the Admiral-
ſhip made me tis Confident, a favour which I much
eſteemed, and verified the truth of that common
laying, That Fortune often changes with the place
and that our deſigns can never be proſperow , whilſt
we live under the influence of a malevolent Star, But
here fit, and admire a prodigy of «humane fraud,
an extremity of malice, the ſpizht, and quarrel of
a contrary Fortune, and the ruall point and period
to which the preamble of my miſeries tended ; for
this Captain being a Gentleman obliged in all
points of honour to treat me civilly and fairly,
yet puffed with ambition, and infected with the
lame rancour , and malice which the former Vice-
king my encmy, and his Kinſman boar me, or ra-
ther incited with a coretous defire to inherit the
{mall remainder of my Eſtate, which I had faved
from the itorms of my late Shipwrack, was induced
t5 pur in execution the loweſt, and moſt unhumane
of all unworthineſs ; For ſtanding together with him
one day, on the Quarter-deck, entertaining each
other with diſcourſe, and with the proſpect of the
Seas, he ſurprized me unawares, and threw me into
the Sea : and that he might cover this Treachery,
he called ont too late for aſfliſtance to ſave my life;
At his call came his Mariners,and myFriends, who de-
ſirous to help me,threw out their Cables and Ropes,
but all in vain; for my ſlow Arms not heing able
to follow the {wift Sails of the flying Ship, I was
left ſtriving with the Waves, and Death : but _
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60 The Spaniſh Critick.
of thoſe Planks which they threw out, as the laſt
. hopes, and means to preſerve me, was my facred
anchor, and ſupport, which the compaſſionate
Waves preſented to my innocence, the deſperate, yet
wellcome refuge of my loſt hopes, the which I kiſ-
ſing, ſaid, On thee will 1 lay my ſelf, the Coffin of
this Body. Having thus ſmall hopes to reach the
Ship, I ſuffered my ſelf to be carried by the Waves,
and my own Fortune; which not contented to re-
duce me unto this point of extremity, but venting
thereſt of her tyranny, called ail the k-lements to
conſpire againſt me 1n- ſuch a Tempelt, as if her in-
tent was not only to deſtroy me,but firſt to exerciſe
on me all the train, and folemnity of miſeries. The
Waves ſometimes tolſed me ſo high, that | feared
to be daſhed againſt the Points of. the Moon, or
bruiſed againſt the Heavens ; anon I deicended to
the Centre of the Earth, and again railcd to that
heigth, that I feared more io be burned with the
heat of Heaven, than drowned in the Waters of
the Sea. But as theſe rigours, of which I have ſo
much complained, have gratiouſly been converted
into favours, ſo the bluſtering ſtorms have ſome-
times broke up in 2 mild calm: for miſeries often
times have ſo exceeded , and ſo over-2cted , and
Trained their part, that misfortunes themſelves
have paſſed into bleſſings. j{ tell you this becauſe
the fury of the Tempeſt, and current of the Waters
ſo violently carried me, that in a few hours I came
to the ſight of this little Iſle, for otherwiſe 1t had
been impoſſible for me, beforc I had periſhed with
cold, and hunger to have ſteered my Vellel
without Oars or Sails, or Rudder, unto this place,
which is your Country , and my Heaven : but in
the Bad conſiſted the Good, my courage helping
me
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The Spaniſh Critick, 61
me more than my ſtrength , I ſheltered my ſelf
in the Port of your Arms, in which I deſire a thou-
ſand times more to be embraced, and to confirm
our friendſhip to all eternity. In this manner Cri-
tilo gave an end to his Relation, and embracing
each other, they renewed their firſt enjoyment,
finding within themſelves a mutual -1mpathy of
love, and contentment. They patled the re!t of
their Voyage in profitable exercifes, and belides,
their pleaſing diſcourſes, which were all but a
continued Lecture of Inſtructions, he taught him
ſome knowledge of the World, and the Rudiments
of thoſe Arts which inipire and earich the Soul ;
as Hiſtory, Coſlinography, the Sphere, and chiefly
that which moſt becomes a Man, namely Moral Phi-
lolophy;)but that to which Audrexio was molt intent,
and ſtadious in, was to learn the Tongues, as La-
tin, that cternal Treaſury of Wiſdom, Spaniſh, as
univerſal as its Empire ; the courtly French, and
eloquent Italian, which he madeuſe of as Keyes to
open that Treaſure which is incloſed in them; and
ſomctimes for his convenience, and uſe, to pals
over the various Countries of the World. The
curioſity Andrenio had, was as great as his docility
ſo that he was always conferring, and asking con-
cerning the Provinces, Republicks, Monarchies, and
Cities, and of their Kings, and Governors, {till im.
proved himſelf with as much delight, as novelty ,
deſiring to arrive at the higheſt point of Wiſdom,
and Underſtanding. In this pleaſant employ-
ment they contentedly palled the tediouſnets of
this Voyage , who at their uſual time arrived
in this part of the World. Whole various fſuc-
celles, and events -are related in the following
Criſis,
The
es cm cm ea nr nr rn i en re CO CO CPES _—
62
The Third Cnrists.
The Entrance into this World.
Ature hath dealt ſubtly, 1f not fraudulently
N with Man, by decoying him into the World
3n a condition of Ignorance: for he centers in ob-
{curity, and blindnels, and begins to live before he
1s fenfible of his life, or knows, what it 1s to live
his fond childiſhneſs 1s huſht with every trifle, and
lalled afteep with a toy. She makes him believe,
that ſhe hath led him into a Kingdom of felicities ,
which prove but mitcries to enſlave him, which when
the eyes of mans judgment diſcovers, he finds him-
ſelf defrauded, and engaged without remedy , pla-
ced in that dirt out of which he was formed, and
can now only trample on it, and endeavor on the
beſt conditions to eſcape, I am perfwaded were
it not for this univerſal Policy , none wonld upon
' ſach hard conditions adventure to tread this de-
ceitful World, were they forewarned of thoſe diffi-
culties they wer? to undergo, For who being fir(t
acquainted with theſe infallible inconveniences,
would raſhly precipitate himſelf into this feigned
Kingdom, and true Priſon, wherein to ſuffer both
multitudes, and varietles of puniſhments, as in the
body, hunger, thirſt, cold, heat, nakednels, grief,
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63 The Spaniſh Critick.
infirmities; in the mind, deceits, perſecutions , en»
vies, contempts, diſhonours, melancholy, fear, an-
ger, deſperation ; and at the end of all to eſcape
o''t by the paſſage of a miſerable Death, with the
loſs of our goods, houſes, honours, friends, parents,
nay of life 1t ſelf, which then flies from us, when
we moſt purſue it, Nature knew well what ſhe
proffered , and what evil man accepted. For he
who were aware of this condition, would rather
then pais theſe miſeries, ſtep at once from his
Cradle to his Urn, or from his Marriaze-bed into
his Grave, The tears which he drops at his Birth,
are common preiages of his ſucceeding mileries,
The happicit that are born to great baheritance,
enter but on a ſad Polletſion, and the Muſick which
wellcomes this King Man into theWorld,is compoſed
of his own cries, and tcars, which fore-run his
troubles, and denote the future unhappineſs of his
Kingdom. For what can that lite be to which the
groans of his Mother vive a Being, and the weep-
ings of the Child, which receives it; though he
hath no knowledge to concetve his misfortunes, hath
yet a Prophetick ſpirit to divine them.
We are now (ſaid the wile Crit: o, to the nnexpe-
rienced Ardrenio ) arrived in the World, when they
firſt diſembarked and ſtept on the Sands of Spain;
I am forry that your Underſtanding fo ripe enters
into this Country, for thereby you mult needs be
molt fenfible of the dillatisfaction, and emptineſs
of things; whatſoever the ſupream Artiſt hath un-
dertaken to pertorm, hath bzen compleated in the
greateſt heighth, and meaſure of perfeCtion; but
the invention of man hath begun what he can ne-
ver be capable to perfect, What God hath or-
derly diſpoſed, the unquietneſs of man to the =
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64 The Spaniſh Critick.
theſt extent of his power hath ſtrained it ſelf to
trouble, and confound, and what through his ina-
bility he could not reach, his working fancy hath
endeavoured to diforier, You have ſeen hitherto the
works of nature,admired and contemplared on them;
now obſerve thoic of Art,the artilicalskill of Men,and
comparing, thole of Men, and God together, your
own Reaſon will diſtinguiſh one from the other,
Oh whac a valt diſtance and diffe-
rence you will find betweenthe Civil,
and the natural World, between the
Humane, and ,the [ivine; this 1
thought fit to advile you , that you may not ad-
mire whatſoever 1t is, you ſce, nor be diſcouraged
by any accidents that betal yo,
Thus being entered upon their Journey, they
reaſoned themſelves into a Path plain and beaten,
the firſt chey met with, wherein Andrentio obſerved
thatin all the ways and paths of Men, the footſteps
ſeemed to bend forward, and none backwards, a ſign
that thoſe who foilowed them, never returned. Not
far had they paſled before there offered a ſtrange
Encounter, yet very pleaſing and diverting, name-
ly, a diſordered band of childiſh infantry, a ſqua-
dron of Children made up of different Conditions
and Nations, a Babilonjhh confuſion both of Faſhions,
and Languages: the Governeſs, and ProteCtreſs of
_ theſe was a Woman, of a courteous aſpect, chear-
ful countenance, kind words, pious care, who dili-
gently over-eyed, and watched her Charge, with
the greateſt careſles and love, that could be expreſ-
ſed from a moſt indulgent Mother, The Servants
which ſhe had procured to be aſliſtant to her, were
of the ſame good diſpoſition, and nature like her,
who ſtill attended to this helpleſs board; thoſe that
The World, C i-
vil,and Moral.
could
The Spaniſh Critick. 6y
\conld not go, they carried in their Arms, and ſuch
as cquld walk they led by the hand, It was won-
'derful to obſerve the tender Bowels of this common
Mother, whole ſole thoughts and deſires were. to
acihe their unreaſonable complaints, which ſhe
huſht with a thouſand toyes, and baubles, which ſhe
had providec for them,together with Comfects,and
Sweet-meats, with which no ſooner any cried, than
immed:ately ſhe applied herſelf to pacihe it ; but a
' more ſpecial care ſhe took of ſome of greater
Finery and Bravery than the reſt, which ſcemed
the Sons, - and Offspring of more noble Families,
Which ſheſo indulgently contented, as, in nothing to
reſtrain their deſires, ſuch was the care, and em-
braces of this pious Mother, that the natural Pa-
rents would reſign their truſt into her Arms, in
whoſe they eſteemed them more ſecure, than in
their own. Axdrenio was much pleaſed to ſee the
Marches of this tender Infantry, admiring, and con-
tewplating on the childiſh Age of Man, and caking
' one into his Arms, wrapped in his Mantles , ſaid
t0 Critilo, 15 it poſlible this ſhould be a Man ? who
would believe -it ? is it likely this almoſt ſenſeleſs
Creature, this unprofitable Member of the World
ſhowd with time put on the gravity of Cato, and
his babling Tongue perſwade with the eloquence of
2 Seneca, or of a Count Monterrey? Now you may
ſee, ſaid Critilp,what it coſts to become a Man : for
to be ſo, is not the work of a moments ſpace ;
Brytes ſoon attain their Perfection, and with agi»
ity and ſtrength of Body live , and move; bnt
afis accomphſhments are of a higher yalue than
naturally to grow upon him, or to {arprize him 2t
vnawares. 1 did;much admire, faid 4ndrenio, this
fond affeftion of this rare Woman, and the unna-
| F tural
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66 The Spaniſh Critick,
*tural bowels of Mothers in compariſon of hers : So
that I who was born within the hard bowels of the
Rocks, and nurtured among Beaſts, began to envy
this felicity, and to wiſh a recal of my years, only
to deliver my helpleſs age to the protection of her
Arms; for I have heen expoſed to hunger, cold,na-
| kedneſs, and allehath ſeemed to ſtop their ears un-
to my cries, nothing endeayouring to pacihe my
tender peeviſhneſs,, or to comply with the weak
ſimplicity of my humour. Do not envy, faid Cri-
zilo, that which as yet you know not, nor ſtile that
a happineſs whoſe end and event is uncertain; for
there are many things in the World which bear a
different face to what really they are, as you will
find by experzence; being now come into the World
to live, fee, and obſerve : this youthful croud
travelled, without ſtay, or refreſhment, traverſing
the Country, but ſtill deſcending downward 1t was
wonderful to ſee this Pigmy band march ſoſtoutly,
and that for all the weary ſteps they fetched, none ti-
red,nor deſired repoſe : they always gave them meat,
which for being all the day, may be called but once.
At length, after they had traverſed much groung,
they found themſelves in a deep Vally, fortified
about with high Mountains, the higheſt of this
univerſal Road ; by this time 1t was night, and then
the deep profundity of the place
The Deſcripti- made the darkneſs more horrible :
of Natural this deceitful Woman, the greateſt
inclination. [Impoſtor of humane kind,and Trayte-
reſs to this tender Nurſery, made her
Sign ; upon which ruſht out from the Wood, and
diſmal Dens, an Army of Lyons, Tygers, Bears,
Wolves, Serpents, and Dragons, which mercileſly
ſet on this unreſiſting force, and diſarmed Bands "
The Spatiſh Critich, 67
Innocents, who in a horrible Maſſacre burſt them-
ſelves, with draughts of their Bloud, for ſome they
dragged, others they toar in pieces; the Bloud
of ſome tliey ſucked ; and when their rayenous
ſtomachs were fſatiated , they ſported them-
ſelves with the Plenty of their Feaſt; there
was one Monſter that ſwallowed down two at ence,
and not ſufficiently filled with theſe, extended his
Paws to encloſe others: another Beaſt chewed one
in his Teeth, whilſt his Claws were preparing an-
other for his- Palate; and the reſt ran furiouſly
about this tragick Theatre, driveliing out the over-
flowing Bloud, and laden with two or three apiece,
the reliques of their plenteous Fare, they carried to
feed their Savage-whelps ; great was the confuſion,
and fad, and cruel was the Spectacle of theſe In.
nocents, And yet ſuch was the foad fimplicity,
and humour of the Infants, that they eſteemed this
deftruction and ruine to be a paſtime, and a de-
light, or ſport to be devoured, with Nods to in-
vite their cruelty, and with open Arms to meet half
way the approach of Death. Andrenio was much
aſtoniſhed at the horrid Treaſon of ſuch an unex-
peed Cruelty, and being by the diligence of Cr:ti/s
retired to a ſecure place, thus ſighed, and faid, O
traiterous, barbarous , and ſacritegious Woman ,
more cruel and unhumane than the Beaſts them-
ſelves ! is this the Fruit of ſo much care, and were
theſe toyles, and indulgencies for no intent, or end
but this? O innocent Lambs! how ſoon were you
made a victim, and facrifice of your Miſtoreunes ?
how ſoon were you betrayed to an untimely Ruine ?
O deceitful World, is this the Fruit you bear, and
do you protect thoſe who dare to attempt ſuch hor-
id Cruelties ? My own hands ſhall revenge this fin;
F. 2 with
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with that he furiouſly aroſe £0-deſtroy the Tyrant-
Mother, whoſe known guilt haſtned her flight ,
and with the reſt of her alliftgnts, went in purſuic
of more, which ſhe had already ſold to the cruclty
of thoſe deſtroyers, ſo that ſhe ſtill fpplyed the
hanger -of theſerBeaſts,, whoſe ſtomachs continually
craved ; whilt z»dreuio lamented this irreparable
damage.
Amidſt of this horrid confuſion, and «cruel Maf- !
lacre appeared on the other 1de of the Vally, -over
the top of the higheſt Mountain, with the dawn-
ing of the day, another Woman of a difterent na- |
ture, who encofnpglſled withhight,and
The Power of attended with a train -of Servants,
Grace and Vir- which winged flew to the ſpeedy deli-
bes ry of theſe periſhing Infants, her
| countenance was chearful, though
Majeſtick, and being drelled with rowes of Pearls,
and Diamonds, ſent forth ſuch emiſſions and rays
of Ligtit, that ſhe might well ſtand in competition
with, or ſupply*the place, and abſence of Amurera.:
ſhe was beautiful above meaſure, and with her more
glorious Light outſhone the beauty of her atten-
ding Miniſters. O fortunate accident ! for at the
{ame inſtant that theſe murdering Beaſts perceived
her approach , they left their Prey , and betaking
themſelves to their legs, with yells and cries reti-
red to their Dens; then ſhe began with fingular
diligence to collect the ſcattered Reliques, -which
were few, and thoſe goared , and-lanced with ga-
ping wounds. The reſt of her Attendants, with
the like care ſearched their obſcure Dens; and
wreſting ſome from the very jaws and mouths off |
Monſters, faved and protetted thoſe in whom they |
law the Jealt breath, or pantings' of life; but 4»-
drenis
The Spaniſh Critick. 69
drexio obſerved, that theſe were thoſe of the mean-
eſt Rank and, Condition, and moſt. neglefted by
that curfed Mother, which the Beaſts efteemed of
a more courſe Dier, having already made their Feaft
»
b
ſ of the more delicious diſh of her pampared care;
when ſhe had collected thera altogether, ſhe made
-
no ſtop, nor delay to clcar then! from danger; nor
did ſhe ſtay, till ſhe had conduCtted them to the top
3 of the Mountain, as being moſt ſecure, From thence
” {| fhe placed them in the view, and by the Rayes of
T | Light ſhe hadinfuſed into them,making them ſenſi-
- 1 ble of their reſcued Condition, and of that danger,
- 4 to which their Ignorance had betrayed them. They
q being thus ſecured, ſhe prefented to every 'one
3, | thoſe pretious Stones, which were Preſervatives
t- | againſt any danger, and which darted forth ſac
© 3 Rayes of Light, that they made the Night, Day,
Af and were the more eſtimable, becauſe they were
» | not obnoxious to corruption , or decay, She re-
> | commended them to the tuition of wife Governors,
MN | who ſhould direct, and lead them ſtill upwards, till
*- | they arrived to the grand City and Metropolis of
the World ; at the ſame inſtant they were again
alarmed hy the cries of more periſhing Infants, in
the ſame fatal, and difinal Valley ; which this vali-
ant and pious Queen no ſooner heard, but with the
reſt of her Amazoxus ſhe marched ro defend and ſuc-
cour. Andrenio was greatly aſtoniſhed at this ſight,
and wondered to ſee the variety of Fortune, and
the ſucceſſive exchanges of happinefs and miferies
of this life? What two Women are theſe, faid
he, and what ſtrange Viſions are theſe of different
Apparitions. Tell me Critilo, who was the firſt,
that I may hate, and abhor , her, and who is the
ſecond, that I may honour and adore her, als
F 23 |
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70 The Spaniſh Critick.
do you think, faid Critilo, of this entrance into
the World, is it not agreeable to thoſe many ad-
monitions and relations 1 have already delivered
you? Obſerve well the pallages, and ſtateof things
here,and if ſuch be the beginning, tell me what you
\ conceive may he the progreſs and concluſion ; that
To you may always live awake, and be readily pro-
vided againit the aſſaults of enemies. You deſire
to know, who was the firſt unnatural and cruel
Mother , "whom you at the firſt ſigat ſo much ap- |
Plauded, hereafter be not ſo raſh in your cenſures, but
ſee the concluſion before you elther undertake to
commend, or diſpraiſe any ; know then that this
frſt Tyrant is our own bad Inclination, and Pro-
penſity to Evil, this is ſhe, that takes advantage on
the unripe underſtanding of Infancy, rages, and
triumphs in the Spolls, to that degree, that the
fond impertinency of the . Parents, would rather |
ſuffer their Son to live in his folly, than to diſpleaſe
his Palate with the bitter Pills and remedies of
CorreCtion ; ſo that they commit him to his own
Will, and rather not contradict his Humour , than {.
that he ſhould cry or be diſpleaſed. And in this |
manner Vice, Choler, Gluttony, Deceit, Fraud, and
teeviſhneſs get ground vpon him, and he becomes :
welled with Ignorance, and Self-conceit. And
thus the Paſſions having gained ſtrength, are ſecond-
ed by Paternal connivance, whereby the evil of de-
praved Nature prevailing, allures the tender Infant
Lito the _Ps ealts to be made a Prey unto Vice,
and a Slave to Paſſions,
But when Reaſon breaks forth, which is the Queen
| of Light, the Mother of undeceived
The Aurora of Judgment, with the Vertues her Com-
Fife. | patuons ſhe reſcues our depraved
6 62 Wills
The Spaniſh Critick, 7L
Wills from the jaws of Vice,and heals thoſe Wound;
which are almolt incurable. She finds no ſmall re-
ſiſtance, and oppoſition to withdraw them from th2
claws of their evil inclinations, and greater diffi-
culty to direct their ſteps to the top, and ſecure ha-
bitations of Virtue ; but the way being ſteep an!
difficult, many are diſcouraged in the journey, and
return again to opprobious Vice, moſt whereof are
Rich, the Sons of Monarchs and Princes, whole
ſmiling proſperity, and plentiful fare, is the
Food, and Nouriſhment for Vice : but others, who
are born poor, and under the rigours of a ſevere
Step-mother,, do moſt utually prevail, and like a
Hercules, ſtrangle their ſerpent Paſſions in the very
Cradle. But what was that precious Stone(demand-
ed 4»drexio ) that ſhe hath recommended to us with
ſo much earneſtneſs, Know, anſwered Cr:ti/o, that
what ſame have fabuloully reported of the virtue
of certain Stones, is verified in theſe; for this is
the true Carbuncle whoſe raycs and light ſcatter
I the Clouds of Ignorance, and Vice; this is the
true Diamond which reſiſts the Hammer of Vice;
1 and amidſt the fires, and heats of Pallion, comes
forth more pure, and rehned. This 1s the Touch-
I ſtone to examine the Good, and Bad : This is the
| Load. ſtone which 1s always attentive
to the North of Vertue. In fine, The Difate of
this is the Jewel of all Vertnes,which Ken.
the Philoſophers call the Dictate of
Reaſon, the moſt faithful and true Friend in whom
we may confide, Thus they wene on conferring,
and diſcourſing together, til] they came to a crols-
way, where the Paths were divided, and the diver-
fities of life diſtinguiſhed, it, was a notable knot oft
difficulty, yet not ſo much diſcernable by the Un.
| F 4 derſtanding,
——_—_
72 The Spaniſh Critick.
deritanding, as by the choice and election of the
Will, But here their doubt was the more encrea-
ſed, by that common tradition of being but two
Ways, one plain and ſmooth , on the left hand,
with a deep Deſcent, and the other on the right
hand, rugged and ſtony, of a ſteep Aſcent ; but
with no {mall admiration, Critilo obſerved that here
were three ways, which did the more confound him
13 his eletion : Heavens guide me now ſaid he, 1s
not this the difhcult Bizium, where Hercules
himſelf loſt his wayz h= looked behind, and
before, and privately demanded of himſelf, Is
not this the Letter by which Pyth.zgoras
The Letter, MQeſcribed, and cyphered Wiſdom .
which hitherto proceeds equal, and
aiterwards divides it ſelf into two Branches, one
broad, which 1s Vice,and the other narrow, which
15 Virtue, but the ends are differently diſtinguiſhed,
ons concludes in puniſhment, and the other honoured,
and rewarded with a Crown, Hold, ſaid he, where
are thoſe bound marks of Epi , the Abſtine in
the way of Delight, and the-Sx/t inc in fe IT
Vertue. Well, ſaid he, we are come to ſuch times
of change, that the very Kings High-ways are al-
What is that heap of Stones , demanded
Andrenio, which ſtops up the middle of the way ?
let us go thither, ſaid Critile, for this is the ſign of
the Gold Vial, by which he calls andgiretts us. This
is the myſterious heap of Merczxry, in which our
wiſe Anceſtors made a Hierogliphick of Wiſdom,
ſtanding with a ſtretched out hand to point us out
the way, or as the clue of thread to guide us out
of this Labyrinth into Heaven, - But to what pur-
poſe, replyed Andrenio, is this unprofitable di-
rection of the way, which ſerves only. to confound ye
_ TFY EST wo WW ak. = as
The Spattiſh Critick, HS :
make the unwary traveller to ſtumble? Theſeare figh-
ing (anſwered Cr;t/lo ) the Stones which Pilgrims caſt
up, in tribute, and reward to the Inſtructors of
Truth and- Virtue ; for ſuch is the envy and. ma-
lice to Piety, that the very ſtones are raiſed inop-
them, Tet us go round this Pillar,
and ſee if the Oracle can give us light in this diffi-
culty. Critilo read the wg es which ſaid, in
all things thers is a Mean, depart not to the Ex-
tremes. This Pillar was from the top to the bot-
tom carved with great Artifice, and rarity, and the
Ground-works and Materials not unworthily re-
fined with that curioſity of Art. In It were en-
graved many Sneeurious + horns,
and alluſive Hiſtories, w A Andrenis The Goldeu
2mmred,—and Criu;lo commented on Hcdiverity,
Wag which « the
with much perſpicuity , and clear- 4,4 zyj of
neſs. Hereon was repreſented that zjfe,
raſh and inconſiderate Youth , who
mounted the Chariot of the Sun, and his grave
Father admoniſhing him to keep the middle way in
which he ſhould drive ſecure. This was, faid Cr;-
tilo, a Youth who ambitiouſly entring into Govern-
ment, and not obſerving that Mean of Prudence,
according to the Rule, and Example his experienced
Predeceſlors had inſtrufted him, loſt the Reigns and
Bounds of Reaſon, and by immoderate impoſition
of Tributes, contraCted ſuch clouds and yapours of
Envy,that he conſumed all;and loſt both the World,
and his Command ; on the other ſide was falling
the unwinged Icarw, paſſing from one Extreme un-
to another, from the Fire, into the Water, being
Deaf tothe cries of Deda/ws,who admoniſhed him to
keep the middle. This is another commented Cri-
zilo, who not contented with a convenient Know-
ledge,
- I ina . TY PO... Pay
- .
S240 og. - _—_ 2 Arne oy Aero IIs - /
74 The Spaniſh Critick.
ledge, but endeavouring to ſoar too high in un-
ded ſubtleties, and acrious motions, his Wings
iling him, tumbled down with all his Chimera's
mto the briniſh Sea of tears, and miſeries. This is
famous Cleobulws , who in anſwer to three Epiſtles
i which a King had demandcd his Ad-
Moda. vice, in three more only wrote Modus,
| 2s being a moſt ſecure way and rule
for his Government, Obſerve well one of thoſe
feven Worthies of Greace , who is eternally Chro-
nicled, for that one Sentence, 1» all things avoid
Exceſ7 ;, as if to exceed were more dangerous, than
to be deficient, Thereon alſo were engraved all the
Vertues, every one with their Motto on their Tar-
gets, and Banner, and ſet in order between their
too vitious Extremes; at the bottom of all ſtood
Valour, who between the Extremes of deſperation,
and cowardiſe, leaned on a Pillar, or Support, as a
Tower, 'or Fortreſs to defend the reſt; at the top
of all ſate Prudence, who as a Queen held a prett-
ous Crown 1n her hand, with this Inſcription, For
him who knows a Mediocrity in Wealth, There were
many other Inſcriptions, which were definitions of
Artifice and Wit; above all a happy, and ſerene
felicity crowned this curious Wo..., leaning on the
wiſe and famous Worthies of paſt Ages, and ſup-
ported on each ſide with the two Fxtremes of Lamen-
tation, and Laughter, whole Atlaiſes were Heraclitus,
and Democritys, one weeping,and the other laughing.
Andrenio took much contentment to {ee,and comider
the Epitome of Life ſo fully deſcribed, in this mi-
raculous Oracle; but by this time were crowded toge-
ther a multitude of people, who without conſulting
any other Deity than their own Will, ran headlong
through the Extremes, blinded with falle {| —
an
" a, On" WRYP: EW RD 0 OO
The Spaniſh Critick, 75
and delight, And firſt enters on who without inform-
ing himſelf of any thing , with inconſiderate folly
paſled through thoſe Extremes which the general
eſteemed the worſt, who being the
Preſumptuous, was the ſooneſt loſt : p,.npmucw,
After him followed a vain Bluſterer,
who with ſome few Courtelies, and
handſome Air, and Behaviour, with- The Yair,
out asking any queſtion took the
higheſt way ; bnt being hollow, and empty , was
by a ſudden puff of wind, blown down, and being
high, and ſo in view of all, was in his fall enter-
tained with the common ſcorn and deriſion of the
World. There was one way much over-grown with
Briars, and Thorns, whictrwhillt An-
drexio perfwaded himſelf none would Revengefus.
take , he ſaw ſome paſſionately bent
to ottow-1r;-ftriving ofic with other who ſhould go
foremoſt.” "The path-or-track of Bealts ſeemed the
moſt ſmooth and beaten, and when one was asked
why he went that way? he anſwered him, þecauſe
he would not go alone. Next to this, was another
path , but ſhort, and all that paſt it
made great proviſion for their Bellies, G1uttonges.
but they journied not far, for more
died with Surfets, and Intemperance , than with
Want and Hunger. Some pretended to fly through
the Air, but their heads growing giddy,fell down,and
theſe for the moſt part neither remained in Heaven,
nor anthe Earth. There were others who hurried
through a pleaſant, and delitious
plain, entertaining and ſporting Coverou
themſelves with Meadows and Gar-
dens, till their extravagant motion over-heating
their Bloud, caſted them into Fevers, ſo that _
| Ir
76 The Spaniſh Critick.
fair completions became diſcoloured, and ſwarfy,
and their faces bad, for having made them” good.
Not far off ſome complained of a dangerous paſlage,
infeſted with Thieves and Robbers, who notwith-
ſtanding ventered on, and at the end turned all to
the ſame Profeſſion , one deſtroying
Covetous. and pillaging the other. But A4»-
drenio obſerved with much admiratt-
on, and Critito with pleafure, that ſome were dili-
gently inquiſitive to find out thoſe who conld in-
form them which was the way of infallible rmne ;
one would think it had been to avoid it; but ir
happened out contrary, for 2s if there had been a
neceſſity of their deſtruction, they took the very
high-way that lead them to it. Andrenio ſeeing
ſome of them to beof great condition and quality,
asked them why they went that way ? who anfſiver-
ed. they did not go, but were carried by force; nor
was lefs ridiculons that Circle that others moved in,
who winding in a continual compaſs, rounding like
2 Wheel, never paſſed forward, but reeling in a
cixcumference, could not arrive to the Point , and
Centre of Vertue, There were others who neyer
| _ fonnd the way, but as ſ@on as they
The Idhke. began to ſet forward, ſtopped, and
| gave over their farther progreſs. Theſe
with their hands in their baſoms, ſluggtthly mo-
. ved their nnnimble legs, which weary of doing
nothing, being ſick with the Scurvy of Sloth, faint-
ed before they accompliſhed their intents. Another
{aid out of love to curioſity he would tread thoſe paths
which none had dane before him but
#umourſome, being ruled by none Þut his capritt-
ous Humour, was ſoon rune _
The Spaniſh Critick, 77
loſt. Do you not obſerve _ , that all follow
in molt pr erous ways, and run 1 thoſe
Ls DI naturally they ERA and
refuſe. The Fool becomes preſumptuous of his
Parts and Knowledge, and the Wile, out of a
diſtruſtful confidence, is reſerved and ſilent ; the
Coward affefts Valour , and only talks of Arms
and War, whilſt the Valiant diſdains them : the
Comely. affeft a decent negligence in their Dreſs,
and the'ill-favoured ſet out their defects, with helps
and advantages, and think they exceed the very
Sun in glory and Splendor ; the Prince aftets a
-Courteous humility , and the common and ignoble
fort vaunt themſelves as if they were of more then
mortal Race : the Eloquent are filent ; and the 1g-
, Norant take on them the whole Diſcourſe : the
Dexterous iis diffident of his Art., and the Unskilfil
fills the World with the unpoliſht pieces of his rude
hand. In fine, you will-ſee all run through Extre-
mities , which 1s the courſe of Error, and which
ſtrays from the way of lite, But let us paſs through
| the-moſt ſecure way, the moſt plauſible and happy
Mediocrity, happy in that it can contain it fſeif in
2 prudent Mean. There were few whom they could
periwade to follow them.z yet as ſoon as they ſaw
thementer on that Path, they felt amore thanordina-
ry ſence of Comfort, and ſatisfaCtion-of Conſcience
which tranſported their Affections ; they obſerved,
" that beſides thoſe pretious Jewels which adomed
' them, they were no leſs glorious with the rich En-
dowments and Abilities of Reaſon, which began
to: ſhine, 4n that degree, that every one {cemed 2a
gliſtering Star, fornung Fangues in his rayss, cry-
#0g Ont, this is ths way of Truth, and the _
0
ED no I ed — <> — — ——_
we
what part, or place, do they lie concealed? hyp
7B The Spartſh Critick.
of life, On the contrary all thoſe that followed
the Proſpects, and Glaſſes of their own Brain, ſoon
loſt their Eyes, and Sight, that they blindly wan-
dred, and were Eclipſed both in their Judgment
and Journy. Andreni» always obſerving that they
went upward, This, ſaid he, ſeems rather a-way
to bring us to Heayen then to the Earth. _So tt
is, ſaid Critilo, for this is the Path that leads us
to Eternity ; for though we trample on the Earth,
yet—our thoughts are raifed above it, and ſoar to
that _heighth, _ that they become Neighbours and
Citizens with the Stars; for theſe are they which
we now eye, and ſteer by, being engolfed ecn
the Cylla, and Caribdis of the World; for fuch is
the entrance we are now upon into this great City,
the Babylon of Spain , the Treaſury of Riches,
the Theatre of Learning, the Sphere of Nobility,
and the large compaſs of a Humane life. Andre-
#i0 was more aſtoniſhed to ſee the ſtrange Accidents
of the World, which before he knew not, than
when firſt he proceeded from his cauſe to the un-
known Light: for then he beheld them only at a
diſtance, and in a long view and perſpective,
when to ſee only and contemplate on them was
not ſo much as by Experience to try them; fo
that all ſeemed ſtrangely disfigured, and the face
| of things of a different complexion ; butthat which
was moſt ſtrange , was that in a populous City ,
and at Mid-day no man appeared, though they
with great diligence and. affe&tion ſought them.
Where are the Men, faid Andrenio, is not this
their Country, their beloved world, - their deſired
Centre , where then are they. gone, + or 1n
The Spaniſh Critick, 79
diligently ſearched in one place, but diſcovered.
none, until —— ——- but how and where
they found them is related in the following Cri-
bs.
Wo
The Spaniſh Critick.
a _ ————
_—; >> » a MM COAL LR4 S » & - ”
The Sixth Cmnirs 1s.
-
P Ss wan
—_= i —
The Eſtate and Condition of this Age.
Hoſoever hears this word, World, pre-
VV ſently conceives an orderly compoſure of
this Univerſe, fitted in the moſt perfect, and beſt
x manner. For the word Mwndw, ignifying as much
| ' as Clean, or Neat, We ought to conſider it. as
| ' ſome ſtately Palace contrived for the Divine and
"| infinite Wiſdom, erected by Omnipotency, and by
| his Provident Bounty fitted for Mans conveniency,
that he as King thereof may Rule, and maintain the
original Agreement, and Harmony, which the Di-
vine Creator hath ſetled and ordained. $0 that it
is nothing but a Houſe made, and fitted for God
and Man; nor is there any other definition, by
which its Perfeftion may be more plainly declared ;
for the very word Mzndus doth ſufficiently denote
-its Perfection, and both the beginning and ending
_ rs rang oa All .ma-
3
nt hath diſappointed this Order, and diſgra-
ced the Honour of this Title, was the confiderati-
on of Critilo, who, together with Andrexio, were
Placed in the World, but not in the Society and
Converſation of thoſe, to whoſe Words, and Acti-
ons they could not confide or truſt,
They
w. -
de © A —_—_—_SS CS Re.
LP th Bi A ohrt re
hs
The Spaniſh Critick. 31
They were now buſied, and inquiſitive in ſearch
of Men, for having trod many ſteps, and weariedly
travelled over much ground , they met no Man,
unleſs it were one, half a Man, and half a Beaſt,
an encounter welcome to Critito, but ſtrange and un-
expetted to Andrenio , who ſtarting , emanded
the Nature and Condition of this deformed Mon-
ſter : do not fear, ſaid Critilo, for it ismore Marr.
than Man himſelf; this is the Maſter and Ruler of
Kings, and the King of Rulers, this is /
that wiſe ©jror, whoſe preſence is 28 Cujron,
welcome , as the occaſion ; for his | _
prudence and direction muſt guide us int9 this en-
rrance to the World, and hand us in the way ,
through the Journey of ovr life ; with that they
went towards him, and faluting him, had their $Sa-
| Jutes returned with the like civility ; they acquaint-
ed him that they had been in ſearch of Men, and
after a hundred turns and walks, either through il
Fortune, or ſcarcity of them, they had met none.
Wonder not at it ( replied the Centaure) for this
Is not an Age for Men, ſuch I mean whoſe noble
Acts have famed the years of former times. Do
you think to find now a Don Alonfo the Valiant it
Ttaly, a Great Captain in Spain, a Hemry the Fourth,
in Fraxce,whoſe Sword hath maintained his Scepter,
and the Flower-de-Luces made up the hilt and
guard of it ? There are now no ſuch Heroes in this
World, nor memory of their paſt Acts; and ſhall
there be none hereafter? replied Andrenio ? There
is no appearance of thern at preſent, ſaid he, and
fhortly it will be too late for them to remedy the
evils paſt. But why are they not now, demanded
Critilo,and the Offspring of this Generation? There
is much to be ſaid in this, anſwered Quiron: for
. Rs there
- mo —o—, a VERA. ow ooo _ _ —z
32 The Spaniſh Critick.
there are ſome. attect to be all, and in truth they
are leſs than nothing, apd better that they never
had- been ; ſome ſay alſo that Envy cuts off many
with the Scillars of Tomeras, but I ſay, that
neither this nor that is the cauſe, but that whilſt
Vice prevails, Virtue cannot flouriſh , by whoſe
aliſtance Heroick _—_— recelves its being : be-
ligyg me, ex benumbs andſtupihes Miderve never
Ty Jeut,.and Member, and 1n regard her chief ha-
bitation is in the ſmoak of the Forge, and in con-
verſation of mean Mechanicks, 1s not to be eſteem-
ed a fit Companion for noble Belonxa, In fine, Jet
us not weary our ſelves in ſo vain a ſearch, for
this is not an age {or eminent perions,either renown»
ed for Arms, or Learning ; but tell me, where have |
you ſought them? Where ſhould we, faid Critilo,
but on the Earth; 1n this Country, and Element of
their life. You are much miſtaken, ſaid the Cen-
taure, and 1n this time of ſcarcity you wul have
g00d fortune to find them there, fince their uncon-
ſtant humour deſiring change, hath with a nauti-
us Stomach, and glut of this ordinary enjoyment
altered their natural habitation, If we find them
not on the Earth, ſaid Andrenio, we ſhall have leſs
hopes to find themin Heaven, and if we find them in
neither of theſe;where can we expect them,in the air?
for there theyhave bu.Ilt Caſtles and Towers of
I Wind, in which they have fortified
Caſilesin tbe themſelves, not being willing to de-
_ part from their own Chimera's. But
theſe feeble Bulwarks , faid Critilo, will ſoon dil-
{give in conluſion ; for they not being like a Fanus
of prudence, looking on all ſides, become a com- '
mon deriſion, and the mark of the ſcorning Finger,
whoſe diſgrace is pointed out, and are denied as
| Baſtard
Swe ai who aa «M8 0 # © OT
The Spaniſh Critick. 83
Baſtard Sons the title of their more noble Ance-
ſtors, that what ſome have opprobiouſly derided
behind their Backs, others with the ſame contempt,
like dirt will ſpatter in their Faces, There are
ſome , proceeded ©xirm, who have raiſed, and
exalted themielves to the very Clouds, and in their
fond fancies, though buricd in the duſt, have ima-
ined their heads advanced to the Stars; there are
ome who walk in imaginary paths, and climb up
into the higheſt rooms of their own preſumprion-,
and would yet get higher than the Moon, did not
more noble Bodies polkeſs the place. It is true,
{aid Andrenio, there they are, for I have ſeen them
wrapped up in the Clouds, ſome ſtumbling , and
others falling, all changing according to the uncon-
ſtancy of the Planet, which ſometimes ſhows one
countenance, and then another; nor do they ceaſe
to juſtle and ſhoulder one another, and tripping up
each others heels they fall with more hurt to them»
ſelves than they are ſenſible of, Was there ever
ſuch folly, ſaid Critilo, 1s not the Earth the proper
and natural Centre of Man, his Beginning and his
End ? Were 1t not more prudence to preſerve him-
ſelf in a moderate Mean, than by too high Aſpt-
ring, incur an imminent danger ? Never was there
ſuch folly. 1f the folly be great, ſaid Quiroz, there
is place for pity and for laughter; to behold him
who yeſterday ſlept in a tottering Cottage, to day
is lodged in a Palace, eftceming it too mean a dwel-
ling for his Greatneſs z and ſpeaks over that ſhoul-
der, which yeſterday boar the weight and burden
on it : He that was born under the thatched Roof,
now contrivecs his fretted Seelings, and Cedar Rate
ters, he contemns the Society of thoſe, who in his
Poyerty deſpiſed his, and to the higheſt point.
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ſtands on the Pundtilio's of his baſe Family; he
who yeſterday had not to buy Bread, his Stomach
1s now curious, that the greateſt delicacy becomes
nautious , and runs the Line of his unknown Pedi-
gree : Thus all pretend to rife, and to mount above
the Horns of the Moon, whichare more dangerous
than the Bulls; for being removed from their own
Centre; muſt naturally decline, and return to their
own place with exemplary Infamy,
Whilſt he was thus difcourfing, he had led them
into the High-Street, where Oey encountred mul-
re
, titudes of Beaſts, free, and unbound,
Bruitiſh Citi- | dangerous to unwary Paſſengers; ſome
Ten. whereof were Lyons, others Tygers,
| Leopards, Wolves, Bulls, Panthers,
Foxes, intermixt with Serpents, Dragons, and Baſi-
licks. Axdreaio at this fight, was much troubled,
and ſtarting backwards, demanded whether this
were a habitation of humane Society, or a Wood of
Beaſts, Do not fear (ſaid the Centaure) only be
cautious, Doubtleſs Men, ſaid Critilo, the antient
Inhabitants out of a diſtaſte to the miſcarriages of
this World, are retired into the ſolitary Moun-
tains, and left theſe Palaces deſolate, and to be In-
habited by Beaſts, who only imitate and counter-
fert Citizens. It's true, replied iron, for in the
Tower of the Potent, with whom there is no con-
tending, reſides the Lyon; to the Murderer, ſuc-
ceeds the Tyger , in the Wealthy Coffers of the
Covetous lies the Wolf, the Fox hides himſelf un-
der thedeceitful Covering, and Vizard of the Frau-
dnlent, and the Viper within the Bed and Courtains
of the Harlot : So that all is filled with Beaſts, and
Brutes, who walk the Strects, inhabit the Dwel-
Lazs, whilſt the true Men are baniſhed thence
and
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and live retired within the limits of their own
Wiſdom and Moderation. Let vs ſit, ſaid Andre-
150, on the riſing of the Hill, that ſo we may with
more eaſe, and ſecurity ovyer-ſee theſe paſſages.
No, replied ©utrmr, for this is not a Place nor
World to take a Stand, or Seat in. Let us then,
faid Critilo, repoſe ts againſt ſome of theſe Pillars.
o, faid he, tor theſe will ſoon deceive us, being
alſe, weak, and unſtable; it is better to be {till in
motion , walking atid palling -from
fine to another. The ground was The Rich moſt
e very unlevel, and unequal, for Ric.
at the doors of the Powerful and
Rich, were high Heaps and Mountains,which ſhined
with much Lnftre and Splendor. How much Gold
Is here, faid 4ndrenio? Obſerve, ſaid Duiron, that
all is not Gold that gliſters; and coming neaper,
they perceived that it was nothing but counterfeit=
ed Wares, and Ordure gilded over ; but on the con-
trary 2t the doors of the Poor, and Feeble , was
ſich a deep, and horrid Abi, that ſtruck a ter-
Tor to all that beheld it, { that all ſhunned it,
atid beholding it at a diſtance, would
not. come within a thouſand Leagues The Poor moſt
of it; whilſt certain Beaſts unweariedly Poor.
travelled all the day long, ſtill caſting
a continual maſs of Mud and Dirt, on thoſe large
Heaps, and Huls of the Rich, adding as it were
Mountain unto Mountain, What diſparity 1s this,
fard Andrenio, were it not better to caſt theſe ſuper-
fluities of Earth to fill up thoſe Cavities and decp
Abyſſes of the Poor,fo as to level and make ſmootn
theſe rude and .nneven ways? It's true, it were
better, ſaid 9xiron, but what is there in this World
which tends unto the beſt; we may here diſprove
le: VN x Cp-4 that
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86 The. Spaniſh Critick,
that concluſion of the Schools, that impoſſibility
in Natural Philoſophy, that there 1s
Datur vacuum. NO vacuum, Or emptineſs; for alas!
in our Moral Experiments we daily
find the contrary ; the World gives not to them,
who have not, but to thoſe who already plentifully
enjoy; and there are many who looſe the ſmall
Bounty of Fortune which they have, for no other Rea-
fon than becauſe it is adjudged and condemned
to more crowded and over-!lowing Coffers. Gifts are
not the Companions of Poverty, nor. do Preſents fol-
tow the fovt.ſteps of departed Friends. It is Gold
that guilds the Plate, and one calls and invites the
other; the Rich are thoſe that Inherit, and boaſt of
their Lineage, whilſt they ſcarce give licenſe to the
Poor to. acknowledge his Parent, The Hungry
ſhall ſcarce obtain Bread to ſupport Nature, and
the over-burdened Stomach be a continual Gueſt to
a Luxurions Table: So that he that is once Poor,
ſhall be always Poor, the general rule of the Worlds
inequality. Whither ſhall we go now, demanded
{Andrenio? Let us go, ſaid they, through the mid-
le, where we ſhall paſs with leſs throng, and morg
gecurity,
] think, ſaid Critilo, I ſee ſome Men, or at leaſt
thoſe who eſteem themſelves ſuch. Theſe are leſs
than any, faid ©uiron, for looking toward the cor
ner of the Street, they perceived ſome walk with
much gravity, hanging their heads downward to the
ground,and their noſes grabling in the
Ambitious Fol- dirt, and kicking up their legs, and
ty. feet in the air, made no progreſs
nor way foward , but at every ſtep
ſtumbled and fell, and notwithſtanding this , they
fi! cMNinately periiſt in this courſe of walking which
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The Spaniſh Critick, 87
was as dangerous as ridiculops, . At this fight Az
drenio much admired, and Cyitilo laught, Suppoſe
now, ſaid ©wiron, that you dream waking: Oh!
How excellent well did Boſio paint theſe things; for
now I underſtand his fancy. Do but obſerve, and
you ſhall ſee incredible Follics. Thoſe who ought
to be the chief ' Heads and Commanders for
their Prudence, are deſpiſed, and foryotten ,
dropping, and hanging their heads toward the
Earth;on the contrary thoſe who for wait of know-
ledge and experience in affairs, ought to be the fect
are 'the-commanding Heads, and the firlt Movers of
.that Wheel which turns the World, you ſhall find no
thing 41 its right order and rule , and becauſe the
\Vorld wants it ſelf. both he2d and feet, doth in
conformity thereunto commit its Government to the
weakeſt Underſtanding:theſe were ſcarce out of lght,
before another, as prepoſterous a Spectacle as the
former offered it ſelf, and theſe were Men who ſtill
went backwards, and according to this motion all
their aCtions tended and looked behind them, What
other abſurdity is this ? ſaid Andrenio, it the World
abounds with ſuch fancies and capricho's as theſe,
we may take it for a Coiledge of Fools, or Aſſocia»
ted Changelings. Hath not Nature, conſidered Cri-
#110, placed both our eyes, and fect, with a natural
aptneſs to tend forwards, that ſo we may ſee where
we go, and go where we ſce, with the moſt ſecu-
rity, and the leaſt danger. How then do theſe
blindly walk, and with ſmall advertency mind ei-
ther their way or motion ? Obſerve, ſaid Dwir-n,
theſe are Men, who inſtead of making progreſs in
Honour, Wiſdom, and Prudence, relapſe, or retun
backwards again, before they arrive to any Pet»
fection of being Men 3; ſuch I mean as our Count
of Pegmorands, Conſider the folly of yonder Wc =
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BY The $paniſh Critick.
man, obſerve what ſhe drives at ; ſhe would by
10 tmeans paſs twenty years, and the other will ne-
ver count above thirty; for arriving at a ceftainh
period, they fix there, as at the full ſtop or ſtage
of years; for Women would never grow old, though
they would as unwillingly recal the time of their firſt
| Childhood. See how lame age hath
Woney. rivelled and furrowed the forcheads
| of fome, and dragging therh by their |
unbound Hair , hath plucked off the beſt Orna- |
ments of Nature : | See what a blow he hath gj- |
ven, and another that het Teeffdrop out before, |
and Eye-brows rot with years? How hath he al-
tered their complexions and faces, afid traftsforim- |
ed their beauty to an ancomely Vizard. Hold, |
Jaid 4ndrenio, do you ſpeak of Women! ? Where
gre they ? for I have but ſfnall $kill as yet in the
diſtinction of Sexes, Nid not you tell me C4tifo,
that Women were of a weak Nature, and Men
ſtrong and couragions ; that Man ſpoke ſtrongly
and loud, and Women with a low ſhrillneſs; that
the Habits of Men are a Cloak and Breeches, and
Women are covered with looſe Garments, and
Vails: but find all this contrary, for either Mery
aredegenerated, and become Women, or all Womery
are become Men, or both Sexes are confuſed: Met
with their Tongues between their Teeth , ſtand
quiet, and mute, and Women with their ſhrilk
Voice ſpeak io loud, that they open the Ears, and
work a Miracle on the Deaf hearer z theſe rule
the World, and Men are only ciphers and 2@ors
of their Commands. Thou haſt deceived me Criti'o,
It is true, ſaid Critilo, fighing, for Men are now
yaore feeble,and leſs than Women 3 one tear or oP
from a Womins eyes, availeth- mote thanfall thoſe
Nreams of Bloud which Valour hath let forth ; =
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The Spaniſh Critick, 89
leaſt ſihile atd fayour from a Woman pevſwadeth
more, than the ſweeteſt Tongue, and Rheto-
rick of the Eloquent. In fine, we can neither live
with them , nor without them; never were they
more eſteemed than now , and their power fo far
enlarged, that they are able to doall, and undo all.
In yain hath Nature denied them the ornament of
a Beard for diſtinCtion ; and that their bluſhes and
modeſty might be more ap rent in their Cheeks ;
for neither of theſe is ae able againſt the impetu-
ous vioknce of their Spirits. According to this,
Rid Ardretio, Man is not the King of the World,
but the Slave LN Vaſſal of Fg Wornan. by ow,
is King an ye.
— op e had made Woman his
_ but that you may be better acquainted
wi tt of Creativis ,you muſt know that when
they have moſt need of diſcretion, and coutaye, it
then fails them moſt ; but. yet there are ſottic ex-
ceptiabs from this neral Rule; which are verified in
that incompatable Princeſs of Roſas, and that moſt
excellent Lady the "Marqueſ of Valdueza, and
others, But that which cauſed moſt admiration,
was one who inſtead of a Horſe rode on a Fox,
which always went backwards, making continual
furnings and —_— at every ſtep, his whole
Train alſo which followed Hit, and thoſe not few,
imitated him in the like motion, A with an
pld Dog, his uſnal Companion. _—— ſee hls
ſaid Dwiron, I will aſſure rag it 15 to forme pu
and intent, he rakes theſe twiſtings La
—_— in his way, I believe it, fd” Critilo, for
the World ſeems to paſs through Extrertes :
bat who is this, pray tell us, for he is one who
looks more like a | Knarve , than a Fool? Did you
neyer
go The Spaniſh Critick.
never hear the name of the famons
The Polititioan Cacs, that Engine of Policy, the con-
Caco. fuſed Chaos of Reaſon of State; for
| this manner all Politicians work
backemds. the TOE mar at of
ther. untentions by TRE on f the would
| by: 20 means be traced by their foo though
point one way, the Path. hey walk leads
ro: «5s: 2 , they publiſh not what they 1 end and
ajing Yes, they mean No : ſp that, they. at
al os 4..and their Ciphers. are moſt
ile wh en they.ate read. backwards, one had need
CE Fes Hercnles, whowith force, and a Sledge
of Iron , might level and make plain theſe pads
and cut in ſander their intrigues and knots of deceit
Andrenio obſerved that the chiefeſt part of thoſe
that ſpake,whiſpered their words not intotheears but
into mouth of the Hearers, who were not diſpleaſed
with the groſs abſurdity, but with the like undecency
kindly received, and gaping with an open mouth,
and. forming their lips unto ears, ravenouſly fucked
in the diſtilation of their words, Was there ever
ſuch Abſurdities, ſaid he , words were - made for
the ears, not for the mouth; but theſe people cat
them , and drink them, ſuck #hem in like ſugred
Comfets: tis true that they proceed from the
lips ,. but they die in; the ears, and their tomb,
and. grave is formed. in the Heart :. but. theſe ſeem
to lick and chew them in their mouths, and with this
.acrious nouriſhment ſuſtain their vanity : it isa ſign,
faid Critilo, they carry but little truch in them,
ſince their taſte is ſweet, -and have no reliſh of bit-
terneſs in the Stomach, Do you not know, ſaid
®wiron, that-the chiefeſt art 1s to
Flattery, ſpeak thoſe. words which are ſavory
to the Palate, Obſerve Angrenio how
yonder
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The Spaniſh Critick, g1
yonder Lord .ſucks in the ſyrrop of Flattery ; fee
what draughts he makes of the ſweet Liquor of
adulation; believe me though he ſeems attentive-
ly to hearken, yet his ears receive not the ſound,
for the words - vaniſh into atr. Conſider yonder
Prince how he gluts himſelf with Lies, though ne-
ver ſo incredible z ?tis a moſt ſtrange thing to con-
ſider that this Man never disbelieved a Lye, though
he heard never ſo many, and yet never believed
{ Truths,though few were told him, and thoſe ſeldom.
What do ye think of tother wain Fool? what do
you think he is filled with? it 1s nothing of ſub-
{tance but air and vanity. This muſt be thecauſe,
conſidered Crztilo, that thoſe whom Truths moſt
neerly concern, can yet ſeldom hear them, for they
are bitter, and give a bad reliſh to the Palate, fo
that either as unpleaſing they refuſe them 3 or elſe
endeavouring to ſwallow them, the {queamiſh tenderr
nels of their Stomachs 1s not able to digeſt them,
But that which ſcandalized them moſt, was the
ſight of ſome vile and fgrvile Slaves to themſelves,
dragging their own Bolts and Chains , wherewith
their Arms were mannacled, that they might not be
able to extend them in aCttsof Liberality ; or inghe
pious works of Hayour, and Virtue, their necks
wore a ſlaviſh Collar, the note and fignof their vo-
luntary Servitude ; their feet chained and man-
nacled, ſuffered them not to make one ſtep in the
way of Fame, or of a good Reputation, and thus
laden with Irons, and lockt in their Folts, and in
"2 condition more of ſhame, than glory, yet with an
Ampudent boldneſs ſtood Inthroned, and applauded,
commanding Men of befter Bloud, and Nobility,
enſlaving the free-hormſtgte and condition of thoſe
who willingly ſubmitted'to their rod, and bowed their
ſhoulders to receive the weight of their vile _
cn,
92 The 8paniſh Cyitich.
den, At this ſight Andrenio, as being not able to
hold fonger, cryed out, who will dareto approach
near thefe, and conteſt with the abuſe of Fortune ?
How 1 could kick down theſe miſemployed Seats,
and change the condition of the others, into what
their Own : + chan and Merits have deſerved. No
t \Þi ng ſpeak Jo.Joud, faid-@uirosn , fot
It is no matter if this
>} thongh all run to tuine
t wt "deſtruction. Do you not ſee
that theſe are thy powerful Rulers ; thoſe who,
&c. are theſe? 1 If. theſe Slaves of their own
Appetites, Servants to Delight; theſe Tiberius,
Nero's, Caligala*s, Heliogabulns s, and Sardanapalus” þ
are ſuch as are idolized and adored, and the true
Commanders, and Lords of themſelves, free, and
in ſubjeCtion to none, are Slaves and Vaſlals of Ser-
vitude. Why then "Jet the found Health, and in-
corrupted Body, be ſtretched, and laid out for its
Grave, and the ſick and dead Corps walk the Streets :
let the freſh, and lively colout faint and droop,
let thoſe whoſe ſick and ill Conſciences have ma e
their looks pale, recover contage and ſtrength, let
the ſound Entrails be unſufficient tb maintain life,
atd the corrupted Lungs breath the ſtrongeſt blaſt :
let thoſe whoſe weak Stomachs the ſell of Non-
riſhment offends, grow fat ;/ we let-the Dropſical
and the Lame be fupported with ſound Feet and
ative Hands ; For thus, ſaid Amdrenio, all _
walk contrary
crawl hnmbly on the Earth, and the bale vileneſs
the bad is exalted.
- But that which was pleaſing and new, caufed
much langhter, was to ſee a Blind man, with
Eyes more dim and dark than his own Vileneſs ,
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more thick and miſty than an April Cloud; with as
much preſumption as blindneſs undertook to condud,
and guide thofe of more quick eyes and ſight than
himſelf, leading the Van whilft they
filently followed, without any doubt, =_ 5 Og
or fear of the way, This is a brave ****
daring Blindneſs, faid Andrenio, But diſhoneſt and
baſe, faid Critilo , that the Blind ſhould lead the
Blind, though there be folly enough in the thing,
&& it hath been ſeen and known with the fall of
Y0th into the fame Pit of Ruine, and Deſtruction ;
but that the Blind ſhould guide thoſe that ſee, is an
unheard of folly, and a prepoſterous madneſs. 1
( ſaid Critilo ) do not wonder that the Blind ſhould
retend to direct others that See, becauſe he ma
lieve that all are as blind as himſelf, but that thoſe
who ſee, and obſerve the danger before their eyes,
into which their blind guides would precipitate them,
ſhould accept of their ſervice, and tumble with
them, and yet go forward till they fall into the ſame
deep Pit, and Abyſs of Infelicities, is a moſt incre-
dible Folly, and a monſtroſity of madneſs. Know,
ſaid Qxiron, that though this be a moſt tranſcen.
dent piece of raſhneſs, yet it is a folly that eachday
repreſents us with ,vand more often is it acted in
our prepoſterous times than formerly; for thoſe
who know leaſt , pretend as great DoCtors to in-
ſtrut others; the Intemperate and Luxurious un-
dertake to read Lectures of Sobriety, and to fit in
the Chair to expound, and comment on Leſſons of
Morality. Our own experience can teſtifie how
one blind with Affe&tions of a Woman, as ill fa-
voured as infamous , hath ſeduced infinite to fol-
low him, and thrown them down the Precipice of.
eternal Miſery ; This is not the eighth Mirage,
1t
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94 The Spaniſh Critick.
but the eighth Prodigy. For the firſt ſtep of Tg-
norance, is a Preſumption of Knowledge, and many
would know more, did they not already think they
knew too mich,
They had no ſooner let paſs theſe Sights, but
they heard a confuſed noiſe and combuſtion, a-
midſt a Croud,and Throng, in a corner of the Mar-
ket-place, as it a man or conteſt had ariten a-
mongſt the people : fgr it happened that a Woman,
(the uſual cauſe and _— of diſturbance”) ull fa-
voured and deformed, but Tet out, and adorned to
the beſt advaritage; for the whole World had be-
ſtowed the beſt ornaments ſhe could find to dreſs,and
deck her withz but ſhe ſcolded and raved, and
railed at another Woman, which was of much bet-
ter Temper, and wholly contrary to her diſpoſiti-
on; for ſhe was a Woman amiable and fair, her
Cloathing courſe, but clean, and becoming, yet
ſcarce ſufficient to cover her Nakedneſs, which
ſome attributed to the Poverty of her Condition,
others ſaid, ſhe did it to ſhew her
comely ſtature, and the due propor-
tiod of her parts. At theſe revilings
and ſcorns which were calt vpon her,
ſhe was ſilent, for the prevailing force of her cne-
mies, who were the chifeſt and molt numerous of
the World, overawed her in her Specch, ſo that
ſhe durſt not reply to thoſe many affronts, but re-
ceived all with filence. In fine, all ſided againſt -
her, paſſing from jeſt to earneſt, from words to
blows, and as it were ſtifled in the Crowd of Ad-
verlaries , none durſt to oppoſe ſo ſtrong an Ene-
my, or like the Champion take up the Buckler in
defence of the oppreſled ; but Ardrenio, natura'ly
compaluonate ,, was inclinable _ to take her part,
had
Truth in its
Simplicity.
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The Spaniſh Critick 95
had not @irox prevented him, by ſaying, do you
know whole Cauſe you patronize,and
againſt whom you declare, know you p14ufble
not that it is againſt plauſible fallity, Falſebood.
whichis a "oi avrornks tt again
would have takenthe part of Truth,and have riſen in
her defence ; but alas! their childiſh ſtrength, and
policy was unable to prevail againſt inveterate and
old Malice, ſo they were content only to praiſe
Truth, and ſpeak it, Thus was beautiful Truth
ſtript, and forſaken, and by degrees fo puſhed
and ſhouldred, that at length ſhe was juſtled into
thoſe remote parts, from whence we can have no
news or tidings of her abode or reſidence.
It is well, faid Andremo, I ſee now there is no
Juſtice in this World, and yet it istrue, that there
are Miniſters of it. There is Juſtice, ſaid Quiron,
and that not far off, ſince Falſity ſtands ſo near.
With this there appeared a Man, as ſevere, as Cato,
his aſpeCt and countenance rigid, accompanied with
others of the ſame profeſſion z at his firſt appearance
Falſity went towards him, and with many of thoſe
few Reaſons which ſhe had in ſtore, ſhe informed
him the condition of her preſent ſtate; he anſwer-
ed, that he would preſently give Sentence in her
favour,and that by his authority ſhe ſhould belicenſed
to wear Feathers;with that ſhe inſtantly clapped in his
hand winged-feet, with which ſwiftly fiying,he firmed
the baniſhment of Liberty his mortal enemy. Who
is that ( demanded Andrexio ) who truſts the ſtay of
his body to the feeble ſupport of a
weak Rod? That is, anſivered 2ui- Corrupt
ron, a Juſtice, who 1s ſo called, be- Fudges.
cauſe he ſells it, he is one, who feels
firſt, that he may hear the better afterwards. What
means
fo My part 7
tlie whole marld: However the ſimplicity of Children
'a
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96 The Spaniſh Critick.
means that Sword, ſaid he, they carry drawn be+»
fore him, and to what purpoſe is it ? This, faid
©irou, 1s the Enſign and Badge of his Dignity, and
the inſtrument of Puniſhment, and Joftice ; and
that which lops and cuts the over-grown Branches,
and Weeds of Vice; i were more available, reply-
ed Critilo, to tear them from the root, than only to
pare the luxyriant Branches, by which they gather
more ſtrength daily, $a it ought to be, anfwered
Buiroy, but theſe Men prune the Roots af Vice, that
they may yield mote Fruit, and a conſtant Harveſt,
whereby the ſins of the people may be their Live-
lhoogd and Maintenance, This Judge fuddenly,and
without more appeal condemned to death a poor
Fly, for no other reafon then becauſe it was en-
tangled within the web and net of the Law : but an
Elephant who had trampled, and trod down alt, with-
out ſparing or reſpecting, either Humane or Divine
Juſtice, was fd far from being chaſtifed for it, that
with much reverence the Judge treated hy in his pal-
ſage,and let him pals undiſturbed,though loaden with
prohibited Weapons, as Granado's, Daggers, Pick-
locks,and Wild-fire,and in complement demanded of
him 1f he would permit him leave to croud in a-
mongſt the reſt of his Attendants, and to accompa-
ny him to the entrance of his Den. Nor
_ did his Injuſtice ſtop here, but catching an-
other poor Fellow by the ſhoulder, who durſt not
cry out, without farther matter condemned him to =
be whipped, and ſome asking the reafon of his
puniſhment, it was anſwered again, that he had no
back to ſupport a Burden, which if he had had,
he ſhould hike others have been charged with load
upon load, This Judge was no ſooner out of fight,
bart appeared another, who, as ſome valtant Gene-
ral was introduced with the applauſes, and accla-
mations
The Spaniſo Critick. 97
mations of the people, and might be
compared to Don Paxla de Parada, he D. Pablo ds
was armed with Back and Breaſt, and Pareds.
fitted for all numbers, times, and per-
ſons : his Arms were two Piſtols, but dormant in
their Holſters; .he was mounted on a cropt Horſe,
but had not loſt his ears for his own faults; he had
a thing gilded for a Sword, which for many good
reſpects was never drawn; he was more than a man
in his words, but leſs than a Woman in his fears; he
had a Capof Feathers, a very Pye of Gallantry, but
a Hen in Valour. Who is this, demanded Andrentio,
a Man, or a Monſter ? The queſtion is very apt,
ſaid ®wxiron, for ſome Nations unuſed to this ſight,
have at firſt view,imagined the Horſe,
and Man both one. This is a Soldier, Soldiers of
who were he ſuch in his Manners, he Fortuze,
would not be ſo ragged in his Con-
ſcience. Of what uſe are theſe in the World, faid
Andrenio ? Theſe are, replyed he, the Chaſtiſers of —
our Enemies, but a worſe ſcourge and plague togour
Friends; theſe are thoſe who defend us, but/may
Divine Providence defend us from them. / Theſe
fight, deſtroy, and kill, and are the terror _ de- -
vourers of our Adverſaries. How can this be, faid
Andrenio? for they ſay that theſe very Men make,
and raiſe enemies themſelves, Hold, ſaid |@wiron, I
ſpeak what their ofhce doth enjoin and oblige them
unto; but now is the World ſo corrupted, that
the remedies of evils, are the cauſes of them/ and
the medicine to cure our ſickneſs is the deſtrultion
of our health. Theſe that ought to end War, and
cloſe the Breaches, are thoſe that husband, and pro-
long them ; for they knowing that their own Fore
tunes are ſinall, and their Income not ſufficient. tg
H ſuſtain
98 The Spaniſh Critich.
ſuſtain their lives, piece out their Fortunes with'tRe
employment of War: for were it ' ended, they
would remain without office, and without benefit: :
wherefore then ſhould they kill the Centinels of the
Marquis of Peſcara,ſincethey live by the Enemy? This
isa Policy which to the very Drummer and meaneſt
Officers is known ſo well , that the breach which
Prudence and ſincere Conſcience might make up in
one years ſpace, Is continued ſeven, nay double,
and would remain for ages, or to eternity, had not
Valour and Succeſs been now united
ics of in the Marquis of Mortara, The
Mortara. ſame cenſure did they paſs on another,
who bein; likewiſe on Horſe batk, as
bold and confident as a Mountebank , pretended
Knight Errant likeo calc the afflicted, and with his
art to cnre langutſhing Nature : but he was but
a Charlatan, for all Ins drugs operated fo 1], that
the Sound were ewpaired by them in health, and
the Sick by his means were gven over by
the Phyſitian. He was one who declared War a-
gainſt Life and Death, the open enemy of them
both, neither a Friend to the Dead, nor to thoſe
who were perfectly Eiving, but ran
Zfoumebanks. 10 1 Medium (the only bad one
berwcen both, That himſelf might
eat, he brings his Patients to ſhort atlowance, and&
beemiing them of their meat grows fat himſelf :
whillt they le under the mercy of his hands , his
care foroids them Meat, and if their health admits
them to quit his Cure, which ſeldom happens, the
Patient will ſoon perceive the policy the Phiſi-
tizn uſed to reſtrain the danger of his future ex-
cels ; v0 that theſe live, and feed on the ſpoil ,
With moe cittelty than the Excutiouer ; for as he
| ' ſtudie;
wo LT ww
| The 8paniſhCritick. 99
ſtudies with the nimbleſt art, to end the pain of the
MalefaCtor,theſe are the tormentors of life,eſteeming
it the beſt part of their skill, to linger out life to
the laſt gaſp ; and to ſuſtain a continued courſe of
ſickneſs, a better art than to recover health, theſe
are as an infected air of ſickneſs, and where are
moſt Phyſitians, are moſt Diſeafes ; This !s thecom-
mon calumny that the Vulgarmth caſt upon them;
but for my own part, I think none can either ſpeak
good, or bad of the Phyſitian; for he on whom his
Art hath not been exerciſed, rails at his Cruelty,
wonld be cenſuted as paſſionate without Reaſon :
and he who hath already fallen into his hands, hath
neither Tongue,nor Breath to make his complaint ;
but miſtake me not, for here I ſpeak not of the na-
tural Phiſitian, buc the Moral ,, into whoſe hands
is committed the diſtetnpered conduton of the Re-
Publick, who inſtead of eaſing, and remedying, 1n-
diſpoſed affairs, foment and diſtract them;and where
is required a ſudden recovery , the unskilfulneſs of
theſe Phiſitians reducethe Feyer toZlingring Con-
ſumption. How comes it to pals, faid Andreno,
that we can meet no man of honeſty paſſing this
way ? Theſe, ſaid ©wiron, are not in motion, but
are permanent Pillars, and durable , whoſe im-
mortal Fame never dies, and their number fo ſmall,
that they are enroulled ard liſted in Letters of
Gold: who are named m the ſame ſcarcity, as the
Unicorn in Arabia, or the Ph#nix in the Faſt ; how-
ever if you will feign fee one, look for Cardinal
$ axdoval in Tiledo, the Count de Lemos, Governor 1n
Aragon, the Arch-Duke Leopold in Flanders; and if
you will find Integrity, Juſtice, Truth, and all Ver-
tue concerncd in one, behold D. Lnis d? Haro in that
Cenrre,which he enjoys and delerves,
H 2 Xt hey
100 The Spaniſh Critick.
They being now wearied with rheſe proeegrons
Spettacles,delired to retire ſome time for repoſe;but
Andrenio ſtretched out his Arins, litcing his Eyesto
Heaven,fetched moſt deep ſighs,as if he would make
the Stars take notice of his complaints.How is this,
ſaid he, have I my ſelf loſt my Reaſon, or with
the Society of the Frantick, hath my own Brain
been made giddy ? Methinks all 1s blaſted with the
Worlds contagion, nay the Heaven ſeems confuſed,
and time to have changed his courſe, and as recal-
led to move backward : Is it day, demanded he,
or night ? but let us have a care that we fall not in-
to gueſles, or conjectures, for that will ſerve more
to perplex, and confound us than we were before,
Hold, faid Qziron, for the Worlds Mis-rule is not
to be attributed to the influence of Heaven, but to
the Farths own diſorderly motion ; for things have
not moved contrary to their. natural courſe only as
ro place, but are confuſed alſo as to times, and ſea-
ſons, for ſome make the day night, and the night
day. One riſes hot from his Bed,
The Day when another as weary with his La-
Night. bour , inclines to repoſe : ſome go
then from home with rhe light only
of Venus Star, and return to their reſt, with the
Beams and dawning of the morning; and theſe who
_ are thus ſingular intheir lives, are thoſe of the moſt
famous Families, the illuſtrious Nobility, who yet
deſerve that Sentence, which one paſſed on them,
That be who by nizht lives and wanders like a Beaſt,
by day muſt live more like a Brute then a Man, This
1s the courſe of the World, faid Critilo, but let us .
retire to our Beds, leaſt we incur the ſame cenſure;
nor am 1 willing to deſiſt now, ſince it is m__
ittle
The Spaniſh Critick. TOI
itttle to be ſeen. Why, ſaid Andrexio, do they call
the World Mzundus, the very name
ſeems to behie it, being not worthy of Mundus ſeni-
ſo honourable a Title, its nature be. fes Clean.
ing better expreſſed by ſomething that
denotes Uncleanneſs, and corruption of it? There
was a day, replyed 9wirov, when this word was bur
a true deſcription of its Nature, when firlt this un.
camely Fabrick proceeded from the unpolluted hands
of the Divine Creator : but whence comes this dil-
order then ? demanded Andrenio, or who hath ſub-
verted, and overthrown ics Foundation, or with an
unsk1lful pencil defaced the lines of this equal pro-
portion? There is much to be ſaid in this, replycd
Dxuiron, this ſubject have the Learned already treat- '
ed on, and theſe defects are ſufficiently bewail:d in
the Philoſophers Meditations, Some attribute this
diſorder to the blindneſs, and Folly of Fortune, who
each day changeth her motion, and neither leaves
place, nor ſeaſons unaltered. Others ſay that when
Lucifer of the morning fell, he gave ſo hard a blow
on the Earth, that he ſtroak the World from off
the hinges, turning it from one ſide unto the other.
Others lay the fault on the Woman, {tiling her the
Umverſal diſturber, and the ſole cauſe of all Coutu-
ſions : But I fay we need not ſeek any other ſub-
jet, on whom more juſtly to caſt the guilt, and
accuſation hereof, than on Man himſelf, the unquiet-
neſs: of whoſe Spirit 1s ſuſhcient to diſtract a thou-
fand Worlds, and that there are not more Worlds
for him to difturb, is the ſorrow, and complaint of
the »principal Inquieter if the Divine Providence
had not fixed the Primwm Mobile, or firlt Mover
Into that Sphere, to which his Malice,and Fury hath
Rot poſſibility to climb, the Sun had before now
u H 3 changed
102 The Spanifh Critick.
changed his courſe, and made the Weſt the place
of his ariſe, and terminated his ſtage in the con-
fins of the Eaſt: ſo had Spain become one of the
extreme Poles of the World, and ſo made unhabi-
table by any. It is a thing worth obſervation, that
Man, who is a Creature endued with Reaſon, ſhould
inthe firſt act and operation of it, commit it to the
ſubjeftion and obedience of his Appetite, from
whence, as from the fountain and original of all are
derived thoſe contradictions which ſucceed ; nor
can it be otherwiſe ſince they are but conſequen-
ces of the firſt Capital diſorder. Hence 1t 1s that
Vertue is perſecuted, and Vice applauded, Truth
ſilenced,and falſity endued with a three-fold Tongue
to vent its deceits, the Knowing are robbed of their
Libraries, and the Ignorant confounded in the mul-
titude of their Leaves, the Doctor 1s without his
Books, and the Books without the Doctor; the
Diſcretion of the Poor is eſteemed Folly, and the
extravagant Diſcourſe of the Rich a Treaſury of
Knowledge, 'thoſe who undertake to recover life,
deſtroy it, Yo!t#antrtfers and decays, and the de-
crepit years of the Aped grow green, andflouriſh ;
In fine, Man 1s arrived to that pitch, and heighth
of Madneſs, that he hath forgot almoſt ro know his
Tight hand, for miſtaking it, he placeth the way to
- happineſs on the left, Thus doth he caſt the great-
eſt matter of importance behind his back, treads
Vertue underfoot, and inſtead of going forward,
turns again, | EI
If thinzs go thus, ſaid Andrenio, why then didſt
thou Critil draw, and ſeduce me from my own
World, wherein I was free in my own Solitarineſs?
Let me return again to that Caye of my nothing,
0
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to that high Precipice of my Rock, and retire from
this fink, and confuſion of the World, Fis. now
too late, replied Critilo, O how many would return
now back again if they could; but this hath Nature
denied, being that Policy whereby the World is
preſerved and pcopled, Obſerve how we ſtill move
up this ladder of life, and how we leave the tteps
of our days behind us, which we no ſooner pals,
bur they vaniſh, leaving us no means, and remedy
of deſcent, How is it poſlible (faid Andrenio, ſtill
conteſting, and tormenting himſelf) that we ſhould
live and ſuffer this prepoſterous humour of the
World ; mult I be mute, and fee the enormities of
the World in ſilence, can my patience bear this,
and yet not burſt with Choler? Alas ! ſaid ©wuis
roy, if you were lcft to your own humour but tor
four days only, you would accommodate your fclf
to the age you hve in, nor would you be fo ſevere
in your ccnlures of other Men. Who, ſaid he, am
], one of thoſe diſtempered Brains, or one of thoſe
vulgar and mean Spirits? Do you hear, ſaid Cri-
tilo, thou art not able ro pals, and imitate the wiſe
Sages of paſt cimes, though it were
only * in {wailowing your own Spittle, * 4 Spaniſh
The World is the ſame now as then, ©*Pre/fon of
the ſame which they found it, the Ew
ſame they left it. The wiſe Count of Caftrits lives now)
and yct he is not outragious as you are, Likewlle the
Marquis of Caretto paſles with patience. What.qurſe
then, replied Andrenio, ig they take being fo pru-
dent * TT. faid Critzlo, they did only Tee, heat,and
or to diſcompole Arrazon ; «tor wizo can hinder that
H 4. Ca:dinal
104 The Spaniſh Critich-
Cardings ſhould not adopt Nephews, and others
entertain private Fayourites, that the French ſhould
not be Tyrants, that the Exyliſh ſhould not be as
deformed in their Souls, as they are comely in their
Bodies, that the Spaniards ſhould not be Proud, and
the Genoueſes , &c. Well then, ſaid Andrexzio, I
will return to my antient Grave, to my former So-
oor of Beaſts, ſince I ſee no remedy to eaſe theſe
Miſeries, Hold, ſaid ©xiron, I will give you as eaſie,
as true a Leſſon, if you will hearken to me in this
following Criſis.
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w
* WW TI —_—
Y CO TOY us.
—_— 4 C——_—
The Seventh Cris is.
—_—_—
\ —_— a
The Original of Errors, and Deceits.
He whole Army of Paſſions banded themſelves
againſt Man, as their common Enemy, and
declared the quarrel on no other grounds, than his
favouring Reaſon. The Battel being now ranged,
and both ſides ready to give the aflault , Diſcord
entred the Field , coming neither from Hell, nor
as ſome report, from the Tents of War, but from
the Honſe and Habitation of hypocritical Ambition.
Her buſineſs was to move a competition amongſt
them, who ſhould lead the Front and Van of the
Battel, each Vice pretending to it, with ſuch
boaſtings of its ſtrength, and valour, as made the
eſtion more hardly to be decided, Riot preten-
ed the principal places, becauſe ſhe was the firſt
Pafſion that encountred Man, and had gained on
him the firſt Victory in his Cradle, Laſciviouſneſs
alledged the ſucceſs of her Valour, and that her
Merits might deſerve a greater Command, ſince her
Viftorions ſucceſſes had ſo often gained the Lawrel,
and made ſuch Spoils on Youth the ſtrength of Man.
Covetouſheſs pleaded to bethe root of evils, Pride
vamited its noble deſcents, and family, as a ſeed and
branch of Heayen, and was the only Vice peculiar
7 to
=
106 The Spaniſh Critich,
to Man, and the reſt in a lower degree common to
Beaſts. Anger took thele boaſtings much in diſguſt,
aad in a furious rage began the fight, the ſuccels
as yet being doubtful, the end concluded in a gene-
ral confuſion. Malice deſirous to make up the dif-
ference ina grave Oration, repreſented the danger
of this civil War, and that their ſtrength united
would be more available, where the power of one
would be aſſiſtant to the otherzand as to the preſent
diſpute , told them, that this command from
whence the preſent diſcord aroſe, was always ad-
judged due to her eldeſt Danghter Falſity : for ſhe
1s the Author of Evil, the fountain and ſource of
Vice, the Mother of Sin, tne infetious Haypy, the
mauy-headed Hydra, the various ſhaped Proteus ,
the Centimanus of War, the Caco of Policy, and
the fruitful Womb always pregnant with Errors ,
and Deceits. It was Fraud that aſlaulting Creduli-
ty, and Malice taking advantage on Ignorance ,
which entrapt the World, and delivered it into the
immenſe graſp of the Worlds Monarch, It is Falſi-
ty and D2ceit which inveſt the eaſie
The Devil. Nature of Man, and take advantage
on his Childhood, and Youth, where-
by he is difabled to reſiſt their Stratagems, Trea-
ſons, Frauds, Deluſions, Fallacies, and the whole
train and method of Ttzlian devices, lo that either
bin? or later he yields his Judgmeat a trophy to
eceit,
The Truth of this Philoſophy hath been. con-
firmed by the ſucceſs of Critilo and Audrenio, who ha+
ving but lately quitted the Society of cautious Dutiron,
who by his Indaſtrcy , and Council, had exempted
them from the confuſion of Buhl, the Worlds Re-
gilter; and having placed them in the direct Road,
| g returned
The Spaniſh Critick, Io7
returned again as guide to direct others. Andreniowas
now well armed againſt theſe dangers,with the various
Lectures he had received from him, but eſpecially
by the aſſiſtance of a Glaſs, which changed the
common proſpect of the World, and made all things
appear with their natural defects, though diſguiſed
with the Mask which Fraud had put on them : for ſo
ought every one to behold this World withan eye dif-
ferent from the vulgar view,and to underſtand things
in the ſame Notion, that the wiſe Count 4? Oniate
apprehended them, When you ſeea preſumptuous
* Opiniator, believe him a Fool, the Rich ſuppoſe
Poor, in reſpect of thoſe true Riches of Felict-
ty: He who commands all, 1s the common Slave;
the Man that 1s biggeſt, 151n bulk not mucha Man,
the groſs and fat have but little of ſubſtance ; he
that would ſeem to be deaf , hears more than he
would, and the Acute-ſighted is Blind, or will be
ſo. He that ſmells out much, leaves a bad favour
of himſelf in the Noſtrils of all; the Talkative
ſpeaks nothing z he who Laughs, raves with fury ;
who. excuſeth, condemns himſelf, who Eats moſt,
Eats leaſt ; who diſcommends the Mcrchandize, de-
ſires it moſt ; who aCts the Fools part, is the wit-
tieſt Comedian , who wants nothing, wants himſelf;
the Covetous enjoys equally that which he hath not,
as what he hath; the greateſt Clerk is {ſeldom the
wiſeſt Man ; who deſires a good Lite, deſires a good
Reath;and he who loves lifermoſt, moſt abhors it 3
who invites his Friend to a plentiful Table, is he
that cauſes him to faſt; Folly is often ſeen in good
Conjectures ; the moſt ſtraight, is crooked; he that
goes the neareſt way home, goes the fartheſt about
who would not loſe one mouthful, loſeth a hun-
dred ; the beſt wluch coſt moſt, is beſt cheap;
os CEN | | who
Ge er nn I nn ra rr none
;
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108 The Spaniſh Critick.
who makes thee weep, is thy beft Friend, In fine,
that which one affects moſt, and eſteems the greateſt,
is the moſt unworthy , and of the ſmalleſt value.
With this diſcourſe they eaſed their tedious ſteps,
which infſenſibly paſſed away, till the encounter of
another Monſter interrupted them, which now did
not, as formerly, aſtoniſhnor diſtract their thoughts,
for they had learned that they muſt in this World
to meet divyerſities of Prodigies one after
'another. For now came towards them a Coach ,
which was not uſual in ſo bad a Road; but being
made fo artificially, and with ſuch nimble Joints,
it paſſed through all rubs, ſtreights, and difficulties ;
the Beaſts that drew it were two flea-bitten Jades,
like Serpents, and the Coach-man a Foxz Critilo
asked if it were not a Venetian Chariot; to which
the Coach-man replyed in a manner far from the
purpoſe, asif he underſtood not, what he demand-
ed;within rode a Monſter,or rather many, for ſo often
changed he his colour, and ſhape, ſometimes black,
anon white, then young, anon old, ſometimes Great,
ſometimes little, then a Man, a Woman, a Beaſt,that
Critilo 160n diſcovered him to be the
Protens, famous Proteus. As ſoon as he came
; near them, he alighted from his Seat,
and with mOre bows and cringes then a young
French Monfieur, which are the Prologues to de-
ceit, and then with more Complements then an Ara-
gone » welcomed them in behalf of his great Ma-
r, offering them the convenience of his Palace,
where they might eaſe, and refreſh their Bodies al-
ready wearied with ſo long a Journey. They both ha-
ving returned their thanks, for ſo unexpeCted a fa-
vour, demanded who was his Lord, who in fo ſmall
knowledge of them, and their deſerts, had 1o __
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teouſly obliged them. He is, ſays he, a mighty
Prince, whoſe Territories, though they extend
over the compals of the World, yet keeps the fa-
mous Metropolis of his Court, in this firſt entrance
of the Earth and Life. He is a Monarch more great
than any, in that Kings are his Feudataries and
Vaſſals, and few there are who unſubdued by his
wer pay him not Tribute; for beſides the flouriſh-
ing eſtate of his Kingdom in Peace, and Plenty, it is
the Academy of Arms, and Learning, and rewards
the moſt forward Proficients herein;
let lim who would underſtand the ourwerd Ap-
root of Policy, Artifice,and Cunning, pearances.
apply himſelf to this Court, where
he ſhall learn to thrive, and paſs in the World, to
inſinuate into the affections and favours of advanta-
gious Acquaintance, and both win Friends, and pre-
ſerve them, and eſpecially to cloak and diſguſe
things with fictitious colours, which is the Maſter-
Piece, and moſt uſeful Leſſon of Art, and Know-
ledge. This Report was perſwaſion enough for
Andrenio, to viſit his Greatneſs, and to be educa-
ted in a Court, or School rather of ſo much Poli-
cy; and being overcome with his Civilities, ſtept
into the Coach, reaching out his hand to draw in
Critilo ;, but he being more cautious and experienced
than the other, turned again to demand the Titles
and Name of this mighty Prince , who being ſo
great as Fame had reported, could not but beadorn-
ed with Titles and Honours equivalent to his Do-
minions. His Titles, anſwered this Oſhcecr, are
many, ſumming up a Catalogue of Names, and Sur-
names, run over multitudes of Appellations, and
told him that every part of his Territories, and
lucceſles of his noble Atchjevements, had inferted
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Titles into the Liſt of his Honours ; but his molf
hatural, and original name is not vulgarly received,
being his Majeſty and Greatneſs admits few to ſee
him, much'leſs ro know him : he is a Kingof much
Authority, not to be reckoned amongſt the petty
number of Provincial Princes, , but one of great
State, whoſe retirement and difficulty of acceſs ren-
ders his perſon more awful and reverenced.At the end
of Luſtrums,or ſome period of years, his Courteſie
admits the longing curioliry of ſome to his pre-
ſence, which- is a' bleſſing of their Fortune, and
exceſs of his favour; with this diſcourſe he had in-
ſenſibly drawn them out of the way, into another
Path more intricate and crooked, which when Crji-
zilo obſerved, he was deſirousto return from whence
he had erred , before it was too --late; but what
with the windings and turnings of the Road , and
with the perfwalion of the Guide, who confidently
aſlured them of his knowledge of the way, and the
multitude of the Paſſengers that they ſaw travel-
ling therein , he had much ado to retreat back.
Howſoever Crii/o made a ſtop here, and coming to
a way with three Paths , was doubtful which way
to take, and therefore w -arned Andrenio to be now
caretul of himſelf, and more watchful and cautious
then ever before. For being now
The Fountzin Come to the Fountain of Thirſt, fo
of Thirfe, named from the longing thirlt of
thoſe travellers, that were enamoured
with its Fame; for its curious invention exceeded
the Works of Tranelo, and the continual current
of its Watcrs was the celebrated Theme by he-
roick Poeſte. Thovgh the head aroſe and buhled
in the greenneſs of an open Plain, yet ſuch was the
concourſe, and croud that preſſed to obtain a
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dravght of this ſtream, that the wide and large
Champion round about ſcemed too narrow to re-
ceive the multitude of Viſitants; for ſuch was the
number that encircled this Fountain, and' ſivelled
with the exceſs of the ſweet Waters, that one would
think the whole wortd were in this confluence met
rogether, and indeed few there wanted who ſucked
not at the ſpouts of this renowned Fountain, The wa-
ter ſprang from ſeven Pipes, though not of Gold
but Iron, a circumſtance well obſery*d by Critito,and
alſo that the Spouts were not formed in the faſhion
of Lions, and Griffns, but of Serpents, and Dogs;
and though the water flowed in much abundance,
yet with ſuch thirſt did every one receive it, that
there was not one drop ſpilt, nor was there need
of a Pond or a Ciſtern to receive the over-flowing
Waters; for all praiſed the ſweetneſs of their taſte,
and being weary, and heated with their Journey,
ſacked them in exceſſively, until they had filled their
Bo-ies with hydropical Humours. The Nobles,and
thoſe of higher quality, as more eſteemed, were
ſerved with Cups of Gold,which a pritty Nimph,the
Vintercſs of this Babylon, filled with much: Courteſie,
and Compliments, and to entertain her Gueſts dan-
ced like a Courteſan before the ſtreams. Here 4»-
drenio both moved with Thirlt, and with the pre-
ſent entertainment, unadyiſedly approached to the
head of the Waters: But the cautious Cr:tilo drew
him back. Hold, faid he, conſider well firſt, fee if
this be Water. What can it be elle, replied he?
It may be Poiſon, and if not, yet it is always good,
eſpecially on the terms we now ſtand to ſuſpect,
and fear all things, if mv eyes decelve me not, ſaid
Andrenio , It is Water clear and Criſtaline.
This , replied Critilo, is a fign which I like the
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worſt, the clearneſs makes me faſpect it moſt ; for
as with a pleaſant colour it often ſmiles, ſo adulte-
rated Li and beauteons out-ſides, ſerve Colts
a gloſs to R AN. 1Nward..corrupti-
L w the deceitfnl Water ſometimes
ſmiles, and anon murmures, and atts the part of
flattering Courtſhip. Let me alone, replied Andre-
#0, let me ſatiate my felf with this Water, and re-
freſh my parching heat, for if I dye with Thirſt,
may I not (if it be dangerous to drink ) waſh away
this duſt, bathe my eyes, and limbs, and refreſh my
Body fevoured with our Travels ? Nor this neither,
replied Critilo, for believe me, remit it to experi-
ence, behold others, and read my Leſlon in their
deſtruction, Obſerve the effect, and operation it
hath on theſe, who now come ; conſider what their
humour was before they went, and how different
they are now at their return. With that paſſed by
a great crowd of Paſſengers, more lead with a thirſty
Deſire, than Reaſon, plunged themſelves into the
Waters, and Þhegan to bathe and dabble, and to
waſh their eyes, that they might ſee clearer : but
it is- well worth our obſervation, that theſe who at
firft, were clear, 'and their skins fair, and of a na-
tural pale, were with the firſt touch of the Waters,
died like a Glaſs into ſeveral colours, Some were
| blew, that whatſoever they ſaw, appeared like a
Sky, and their Raptures ſo tranſporting as if they
had been catched into a Heaven, and there en-
throned. Theſe were Fools who contented them-
ſelves in their own Senſleſs Paradice ;
Sexſeleſs Con- ſome turned white like Milk, that what-
rent, ſoever they ſaw appeared good, and
acceptable, without ſuſpition of evil,
thus all deceived them, eſpecially if recommended
by
by the Flatteries of their Friends, with leſs
than a Polander they were ready to Yee them.
nt others there were, who turned as
yellow, as Choler, their eyes malitious , always
made a paife;”-as fearing Treaſon, they interpreted
the beſt kindne(s amiſs, abhorred So- |
ciety, unleſs with circumfpeCtion,;and Aulitions,
theſe were Men whohad more of Ma-
lice, then of Judgment; ſome turned green , fan-
cying all of the ſame colour,which being a badge,and
{ignitication of Hope, gave encouragement to their
humorous Ambition : ſome turning
gray, and of watriſh eyes, grew ſtark Ambitjow,
blind : but it 1s ſtrange, that theſe
Waters did perfectly clear ſome metis
eyes, and yet though they ſaw well, Znviow.
they beheld ill, and theſe were envi-
ous ; ſome had the natural force of ſight, ſo em-
paired, not io much in the quality, as the quantity
of the Object; that Mole-hills, as in a Magnifying-
glaſs, appeared as Mountains, and ordinary Toyes,
applauded by a Caſtilian, for but being his own,
with praiſes as-might befit the ultimate of all Per-
feftion ,- and others on the contrary became of a
murmuring querulou®# Spirit, never contented” with
the preſent Government, repining at the greateſt
careſles, and embraces of Fortune. There was one
whoſe eyes read beſt at diſtance, he beheld all in a
large proſpect, eſpecially the dangers
of Death, and this was an utiwary txwary.
Perſon. Another was of a Humour,
that he thought he had all ready at hand, and with
that Confidence aſlured himſelf to conquer ditf-
culties, that impoſlibilities were eſteemed eaſie, and
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| The Confident Object they ſaw feemed to fmile up-
on them, that every one carefled, and
made much. of them , and theſe were int a condition
# of childiſh Foily, There was one obſeryed to be
{ extremely contented, as in a Fools Paradice, he
! 1luppoſed to ſte always a Viſion of Angels, and
there was nothing, that he faw, but he picked out
! ſome Beauty whereof to be enamonred; and this
| they ſay was a Portygez, or the Nephew of Macias.
There was another who ſpoke of nothing but him-
ſelf; this was the Theme both to hegin, and con-
clude his diſcourſe ; one had his eyes ſo dazled, that
he ſuppoſed to ſee that which he neyer beheld ; this
was a Man of a perverſe Will, and crooked Inten-
'tion; he had eyes for his friends, and eyes for his
- enemies much different; there were ſome Maternal,
and tender eyes that looked on a Dunghill Worm,
like an oriental Pearl ; and ſome eyes cruel, like a
Step-mothers, which frowned with an evil aſpect on
/all : In fine, ſome eycs were of a Spamh Black,and
'others of a French Azwre. Such were the monſtru-
'ous effets of this venemous Liquor, on the Bodies
; of thole who bathed in it ; that ſome who only
waſht their Mouth and Throat , became a more
' ſtrange Metamorphoſis than the reſt; for their
' tongues, which were of folid, and ſubſtantial fleſh,
' turned into a fire, that the whole World was in
_ : danger of its Flames; others into Wind, which
ſeemed to breathe a ſpirit of falſity, and like Bel. -
Jows puffed Mens Bras full of the Air of lies, and
_} fattery,
=! Some that had Tongues of Silk, were turned into
Bayes, thoſe of velvet into Sattinz others were
transformed into Tongues of Burleſque, mo.
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bf Scum and Froth, without ſubſtance ; but the moſt
of theſe had an impediment in their Speech, and
were tongue-ty*d in modeſt and decent duſcourſe ;
ſome Women had their tongues eradicated, but in
anger talked the more, for having no _ to rule,
ſpoke at random. One began to ſpeak
_ of th loud, This, ſaid "aura
> is a Spaniard ; but Critilo, ſaid not, but
ſome preſumptuous or confident boaſter, for he who
ipeaks moſt deliberately, and ſobexly, is moſt com-
monly beſt heard.and underſtood, Indeed, 1o it is, faid
another, which he whiſtled opt with an effeminate
Voice, like a French Man 3 but he was not ſo, but one
affefted,and fooliſhly nice. To rmeet him went forth
another, who ſpake asif he had a Plum in his Month,
chat all ſuppoſed him a German ;, but he anſwered he
was not, but one who to ſpeak fine and elegantly did
- not regard whether his matter were to the purpoſe
or not, Another ſpake threugh the Teeth with
fuch a liſping pronunciation, that all believed him
an Andalugiay, but others, who could better diſtin- |
guiſh Languages, judged him of a malevolent Tongue,
who Serpent-like hiſt ont his Malice, Another in
2 buſtle diſturbed all , and with an unquiet ſpirit ,
withont knowing the rezſon why , endeayonred to |
diſcompoſe the whole World, having no other ex-
cuſe, but that it was his natural infirmity, ſo that
he was ſuppoſed to be an Iſlander of Majorca; but
he was not of that Country, but a barbarous hot-
brain'd Fxrioſo; another ſpake , and none under-
ſtood him, that they ruok him to be a Biſcayner,
but was not ſach, - but one who was always making |
Petitions and Requeſts; another {pake not at all,
but endeavoured to be underſtood by ſigns, whom
all derided and ſcorned ; This certainly is one, faid
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{Critilo, who deſires to ſpeak the truth , but either
! cannot, or dare not.; others ſpake hoarſe and low,
theſe, {aid he, muſt certainly be Parlament-men 3
* but they were not ſo, but Men who were Counſel-
; Jors. to none but themſelves; others ſnufted words
: jn their noſe, which ſome underſtood, and ſtamme-
: Ting anſwered them in. the ſame Dialect , but nei-
' ther appolitely, nor to the purpoſe , and ſome bi-
ting their tongues, ſpake inwardly, and anſwered
them as if the queſtions propounded to them were
troubleſome ſome pronounced words hollow ,” as
\ from an inward ſound and cavity in their. Breaſts,
' which was both as unpleaſing to the Auditors, as
' troubleſome to themſelves. And fo it was that none
remained with his own Voice either 'good or true,
no man ſpake clear, equal, or without artifice. So
all loſt the natural accent of their Tongues, but
feigned, deceived, lied, blaſphemed, and injured ;
whence it ſeems, that the French eſpecially, as good
fellows in this meeting, drinking in the freeſt plen-
ty to pledge the Ttalians, neither ſpeak as they
write, nor perform as they ſay, that a man had
'/ need of good. ears and good learning to underſtand
their Words, and Letters, but to apprehend them
rightly, you may 1nterpret all to a contrary ſence,
But the moſt peſtilential effeft of this Liquor, was
ſhown in thoſe that drank it, that like a Vomit it
moved the Stomach, as ſoon as taken in, to ſpue it
forth again with all the true ſubſtance, and ſcund
- nouriſhment they had before, leaving room for wind
and air;forlies and decetts, with which they ſwelPd as
with a Tympany. . Their Hearts turned to cork void
\ both of Valour and Courteſie, their Entrails were
} metamorphoſed into Stone, their Brains to Cotton,
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and watriſh , without colour or heat;
thcir Breaſts,which ſhould be of Steel, 24: of this
were turned into Wax, their nerves Age.
grew flaccid, as if the ſpring of their |
motion , were compoſed of Wool, their feet as :
clogged with Lead, moved with a flow pace to- /
ward good, but like a Mercury winged to purſue the |
flight of evil ; their hands turned to pitch, which |
graſped,and retained all they touched; their tongues ;
blurrers of fame, their eyes paper; in fine, here}
was the original of the Worlds Metamorphoſis, the |
cheat of vanity, and the beſt Maſter-piece of the
Worlds deceiver. The operation it had on poor
Andrenio, was, that the ſtrength of one drop, he}
but ſupped in, did fo intoxicate his Brain, that |
ever after he grew giddy, andreeled in the way of
Vertue, What do you think now, faid Critilo, of,
this conſtant ſpring and ſtream of Fraud of this}
tottering Manſion of the Worlds falſities? If you had
drank with the ſame liberty that others have done,
how had your Joints been diſſolved with its ſtrength ?
how had your Reaſon abated, and your feet tript\
at every rubb? Can you poſlibly eſteem o little
an eye clear of bloud, or beams, a tongue clean and}
true, a Man of vyerity and ſubſtance, ſuch as a Duke!
-_ Ofſuna, or a Prince of TR ? be-
teve me he that is ſo, is as ſtrange of Offa.
and unuſual as a Phenix, Would one ng. 5; ag yr |
think, faid Andrexio, there ſhould be Conde.
ſo much evil in ſo ſmooth a water?
The more dangerous is it, replied Cr:tilo, for thoſe
{miles and gentleneſs are ſymptoms of its danger, how
is this Fountain called ? demanded Andrenio, which |
he asked of one and the other, but none could in-
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'no name, fox-in being unknown,confiſted. the cllicgey,
' and ſucces < _ opera why then, ſaid Cririlo,
It may be called the Fountain of Deceits, of which
who once drinks is by the Vertue, and ſtrength there-
of metamorphos'd into another ſhape.
' Critilo was now deſirous to turn back, but Andre-
io could not, nor would conſent , and Proteus pref-
ſing them forward, wonld needs periwade them
h that it was hetter to be a Fool for
A Foal foo company,then ſingular and wiſe alone.
Company. Thus he led them aſtray, rather then
| | ended them, in by and croſs ways,
through delightful Fields and Meadows , where
Youth ſtood ſporting in the pleafant Greens, un-
der the freſh ſhades of leafy Bonghs ; but the Trees
wanting heart, and fap, were barren, and unfruit-
ful. By this time being come in view of the City,
they obſerved it to be covered with a Clond of
linoak, a certain ſign, that it was inhabited by
Mankind. The Proſpect was compoſed of a plea-
ſing variety, and ſegmed beſt at the fartheſt di-
ſtance; ſuch was the general concourſe of all Pro-
yinces to this common place of reſart, that the Road
was crowded with Travellers, which raifed ſuch a
cloud of duſt,that nothing in the way thither could
be ſeen or obſerved ; but in their nearer approach,
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pulling him by the Sleeve , ' faid, Hold open firft
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in the duſt, made with Golden threads, and fair! |
hair, to catch, and enſnare filly and unwary Inno- | |
cents, Obſerve well, ſaid he, where and how you } /
enter, Jet not your feet tread without an allay \
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defirution; believe nothing, thongh ur |
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Forraign Labourer appeared there, whoſe ſim-.
plicity was unpraQtiled in the art of fraudulent:
Dealings; through theſe Streets croſt flocks of! |
Crows, which bred under the Eves of the Houſes, /
and maintained a fociable familiarity with their:
Landlords, which Axdrenio judged for an ili omen,,
that preſaged ſom future dilaſter. But Prozews 1n
formed him, and bid him not to wonder at this
for that theſe had not been the antient Inhabitants
of the City, which XY, ___ in honour of his fools
to
1h opimon, ſuppol e the Souls of evillivers,
whom God for a ju CR—_—_ had tranſmigras
ted into the Bodies of theſe irrational Creatures ,
making their being now the ſame with theirs, fi =
their death, whoſe ations they 1o fully imitated i
their life: the ſcarlet Souls of cruel Tyrants he transfa-) |
ed into Tygers,the Proud anto the Lions Skin,and the |
Souls of the diſhoneſt to animate the
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with-Crows feathers, for, they having always
uſed to ſay to their Cuſtomers, to morrow it ſhall
be done,, to morrow without fail, hath aptly in
| puniſhment thereof , put the ſame
Cras fgnifies term into their Mouths, that conti-
to morrow, nual Cras,. Cras, a time which eterni-
ty it felt ſhall never overtake.
But having paſled the Suburbs into the heart, and
middle of the City they ſaw moſt ſtately Palaces,
magnificent Buildings, the firſt of which,they laid,
was Solomon's Seraglio, ( before any asked the que-
ſtion) for there he lay ſlumbering amidſt of his
Three hundred Concubines, making Hell, with theſe
Sports, and Paſtimes equivocate a Paradile in one
Houſe, which ſeemed a Fortreſs, but was no other
then a tottering Cottage, founled.on an unſtabled
Sand, fate Hercules, made effeminate, ſpinningjwith
his Omphale, the ſhirt or winding-ſheer of his dy-
ing Fame; at the ſame Window peeped out Sarda-
pals, dreſied in: Womans habit, and attire; and
Marc Anthony not far from him, unhappy Man,whoſe
Fortune was both told and made by a Gipſie. In
another ruinous Caſtle, did not live, but died the
Goth Roderigo, ſince whole time the Nobles have
been fatal to Spain. Another Palace there was
half Gold, half Dirt, cemented with Humane Bloud,
_. This was the Houſe of extravagant Nero, whoſe
Reign began with the mild calm of a prodigious
Clemency, but ended with a ſtorm of bloudy Cru-
elty; within the next room ſate Pedro the Cruel,
mad and enraged, grating his Teeth, and crackling
Bones with anger. There were other Edifices
erecting in all haſte, but none could tell as: yet for
whom they were, though dtverſly reported by the
World, certain jt is, not for the enjoyment of thoſe
wholg
The Spaniſh Critick. 121
whoſe pains and coſt raiſed the Structure, but for the
poſſeſſion of others, who perhaps as yet unborn,will
reap the fruits of anothers labour z but one ina green
Coat ſtanding by, told them, that in this part of
the World live the deceived, and in the other the
deceivers ; theſe laugh at the others, and the others
at them again, but at the end of the year they bal-
lanced Accounts, one having no more
The Deceivers Cauſe to laugh than the other. A#-
d:ceived. drenio being weary of the company
| of the deceived, deſired to fee all,
and to divert his humour, would needs paſs to the
quarters of the deceivers, ſo that proceeding for-
ward, they found none but Merchants ſhops,and thoſe
dark, having no other but Falſe, which they called
Shop-lights,to ſet off their counterfeit Ware others
ſold falle Teeth, and Peruwigs, and all ſorts of
Habits and diſguiſes for Comedians, There was one
Shop full of nothing but Foxes skins, which the
cunning Citizen ſwore, that they were more in de-
mand, and in eſteem than the beſt Sables, which
they eaſily believed, when they perceived the Shop
ſo well cuſtomed by the famous Themiftocles , and
other modern Heroes of our time. It was really
the only Fur in faſhion here, for want of the Lions
Skin, which was grown a ſcarce Commodity , be-
cauſe it was not in demand; and it is ſaid that the
ſubtleſt and greateſt Polititians uſed to line their
Garments therewith , inſtead of Ermines. In an-
other Shop, they ſold Spectacles by the Whole-
{ale to blind Men, ſo as neither to ſee, nor to be
ſeen, and theſe were all Grandees, who bonght
them, for to blind their Porters, which carried
them on their Shoulders, that they might be the
more tractable and quiet, as they do Horles to ON
Tem
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122 The Spaviſh Critick.
them ſtand ſtill. The married Wives bonght them
up a Pace to blind their Husbands with, ard to
make them believe they loved them.more thanthey
did ; ſome were like multiplying Glafſes, which were
of all ſorts, and f1zes for Young and Old, Men and
Women; and theſe were the deareſt, becauſe moſt
/ in demand ; another Shop was fullof Cork heels to
raiſe men in their Stature, and make them ſeem.
more Perſonable than they are, But that which
molt plcaled Andrenio was to lee Gloves,an unknown
invention, and a novelty to him. What means. this,
Jaid he, theſe ſeera to be an uſeful contrivance for
all occaſions, againft the Heat, and Cold, the Sun,
and Air,nay they are very convenient for thoſe, who
have nothing elſe to do, were it only to put
them off and on. Above all, faid Crzt4lo, they take
moſt excellently a Perfume, and is the cheapeſt way
to conſerve rich ſmells, How well you underſtand
It, replied the Glover, if you had faid they ſerve
to mask the Fingers, that they ſhould not behold
the hands, any 81- hit the difhculty ; for there are
thoſe who eatch at their Prey with Gloves on. How
ean that be ſaid Cr2:ilo, far that is againlt the Pro-
verÞ? The Proverb, ſaid he, alas! Sir, all Proverbs
now either lie, or are belied, for there are Game-
ſters now adays that hunt in Gloves, and though
the Proverb ſays, the mouſing Cat preys not with
Mittens, it here meets an exceptuan ; «and let me
tell you , that more is given now for Gloves than
formerly for Cloaths. Reach me one, ſaid Critilo,
that I may try it.
Having thus paſt the Streets of Hypocrilie,
Offtentation, and Artifice, they came at laſt to the
Market-place,on which was erected a famous Palace,
overtoppingall the reſt, and fituated inthe Heart and
Centre
The Spaniſh Critick. 123
Centre of the City, it was ſpacious, but not nni-
form, nor of equal proportion, but all angles and
confuſion,had no proſpect nor equality, many Gates
- It had, but all falſe, and thoſe ſhut, and more
Towers and Pinnacles than Babilon it ſelf. The
Windows were green, a grateful colour to the
ſipht, promifins fair, and deceiving moſt, Here
lived, or rather lay undiſcovered that hidden Mo-
narch of the World, who one day appeared in pub=
lick to honour certain Feaſts which he had dies:
ted to the deceived Vulgar, to whom it was not
permitted to argue, or ask queſtions. His facred |
Majeſty fate retired under the cautions covert of
his Jealouſie, or Latices, and this day more eſpe-
cially he deſired to fit cloſe, intending to entertain
the People with the Subtletics , and Legerdemains
of a cunning Jugler, The People, for the more
common view of all, had madea Ring to ſee theſe
Exploits, and ſwarming like Flies, ſetled them-
ſelves on the filth of evil Cuſtoms , till they ſwel-
led with the ordure and filth which they had ſuck-
ed from Moral Wounds. At the Vulgar applauſes
mounted an eloquent Impoſtor, on a ſtage above
the people, and with more Impudence than good
Manners , after an affected Prologue, began to at
ſuch rare Subtteties, and Frauds, that an innumera-
ble number of people ſtood aſtoniſht at his devices.
Amongſt thereſt of his tricks, he perſwaded fome to
open their Mouths, promiſing to fill them with ſome
rare Julip or ComfeCtts, which they ſwallowing
down, 1t gave them immediately ſuch a Vamit, thar
they ſpened forth moſt vile Corraption, and beaſt-
ly Ordure, ungrateful to themſelves, and ridiculous
to the Beholders. This pratling Charlatan made
them believe he had ſwallowed Cotton, and open-
- No ing
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224 The Spaniſh Critick.
ing his Mouth, there iſſued out a thick ſmoak, and
flame of Fire greater than his Art could quench,
Sometimes he ſwallowed dpwn Paper, anon he
drew out Ribons from his throat, but it was all a
Cheat, and a meer deception of the eye. Andrenio
was much pleaſed to ſee this entertainment, and
began to praiſe his Art. It is well, ſaid Critilo, he
hath deceived you amongſt the reſt, who notwith-
ſtanding our Lectures of Morality, cannot yet diſtin»
guviſh Truth from Appearance, Who do you think this
confident Gipſie is? it is the falſe Polititian, the
cunning Machiavil,, who gives Potions of his falſe
Aphoriſms, to the greedy Throat, and vitiated Pa-
late of the Ignorant, which being plauſible, appear
true to them ; but being well examined, are no
other than painted Corruption, and
The cuning the gilded Pills of Sin, and Vice, not
Fugler. ſo much the Plots of State, as devices
fit for the Stalls of Beaſts : he ſeems
indeed to carry a mildneſs in his lips, and ſuavity
in his tongue, and yet breaths infernal Flames, con-
Jumes good Manners and Cuſtoms, and burns up the
flouriſhing condition of Republiques; that which
ſeems Ribons, are ſuch Politick Laws as tye and
bind pp the hands of Vertue, and looſe the rave-
nous claws of Vice; the Paper he ſwallowed is the
| Book and Pandets of Falſity, and that which in the
form of Truth invites ſo many Fools and Knavesto
recelye pernitious Maxims. Believe me all here is
deceit, it would be better to diſengage our ſelves
TY and retreat back ; But Andrenio taken with
ele paſtimes, defired another days recreation here,
having received much fatisfaftion with that which
was paſt.. Scarce was it day ( though there, ſeldom
more than adim twilight appears) before the impa-
tient
The Spaniſh Critick, 125
tient Vulgar weary of their Beds, returned again to
the ſame Stage deſirous of the ſecond days Feſtival ;
the repreſentation was a Maſque of various Appari-
tions, and Scenes , acted on the grand Theater of
the Univerſe. Andrenio was not backward to be
one of the firſt Spectators, induced thither by his
own fancy, and Critilo allented thereunto that he
might advance his knowledge, and encreaſe his ex-
perience, Here now, inſtead of Muſick, which is
the raviſhment of our Sences , and uſual Prologue
to a Comedy, were the harſh and untunable clatte-
rings of Tongs, and Kettles, and inſtead of tuned
Inſtruments, and the raviſhing Quavers of a Voice,
the doleful ſobs of deceived Wretches grated theiz
Ears, and in the concluſion, or laſt Act, entered a-
Man, or one rather newly ſtript out of his childiſh
years, known by his Habit and Faſhion to be
a Stranger , though ragged and naked, had no
ſooner (being one whoſe Laments kept Conſort
with the Muſick) wiped off the tears from his
eyes, .but inſtantly ſtept out one to meet him as
complemental as a Courtier, giving him the wel-
come, and deſiring his Commands wherein to ſerve
him : He made large profers to him, in what his
Abilities could reach, or he deſire in a ſtrange
Country, and all with ſuch an affluencey of Com-
plement, that the credulous Stranger turned that
to Deeds, which he only promiſed in words. At
firſt he invited him to his Houſe, a place as full of
Inventions, as void of Realities, where he freely
preſented him with Gifts, and ſtripping off his
Rags ſeemed as if he would perform the act of
charity in cloathing the naked ; but yet with fo
flight an art, that what his right hand ſeemed com- |
pallonately to beſtow, his left hand with as much
| curung
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126 The Spaniſh Critick.
cunning Jugled away : upon his Head heput a Hat -
with a Band of Diamonds, but that on a ſudden ic
was hooked away,without knowing how, nor where,
which he excuſed with a multitude of Comple-
ments; then he gave him a rich Jewel, which with
as much dexteriry as the former, went the ſame
way, placing in the room a counterfelt Stone, anon
he attired him with a coftly Robe, which in the
twinkling of an eye, was converted to a Winding»
ſheet, a {ad Speacle, and at length being left in
cnerpo, was laughed at by-all there preſent, who
took no ſmall dehght to ſee the ſimplicity of the
Forraigner fo wittily deceived; But whilſt they
were attentive on him, they obſerved not how the
' art was operating onthemſelves, wha.lnſcofibly had
Ir Pockets picked, Joſt their and looking
oneE"on er, it was fome comfort to them to
have Compamions in! the fame migfortune; at length
every one flunk away, more troubled for their lofs
then aſhamed of the Cheat, , This was no ſooner
Zone, but entered another Wheedl&r, who promi-
ed more civility then the former, and like an Epr-
exre, treated of ing bat Senſvalities, and to ſa-
tisfiethe enormous Lnfts of his own Appetite, in
order to which he preparcd a plentifut Table, with
all Varieties of Saltets, and quelquechoſes, and ſet
out Charrs for the Gueſts, one whereof without
Farther ceremony taking the chief Seat, had it dipt
from under him, and fo fell with the common ſhout
of the whole Theater; but faddenly a com te
Woman applied her aſliſtance to recover him, and
ing him her hand helped him np to be parta-
er in the rematning Banquet, but the Meat was all
amaginary and fantaftick, the Pye was empty, and
hollow, the Gammon was dried to nothing, and =
| * Birds,
WK *& © pI RE EE ITT
The Spaniſh Critick. I27
Birds, bad only the names of Paztridges crude and
without ſubſtance, and the Salt falling with hin was a
token of il} luck, and the ogcafion that the Meat was
without taſte or {avour;, the Bread which ſeemed
of the pureſt Flower, was ' gritty and full of Sand,
neither Bean , nor any courſnels ſifted from its
the thixd courſe was of the Fruit of Sodom, dry,
and choaky, and the Cup they drank out of, full of
leaks, and holes, that they ſucked
Our Life 4 more of Air, then Wine ; their My-
Tragedy- ſick was but drunken Acclamations ;
at the midſt of the Banquet, one al-
ready ſatisfied glutted after his eager greedinels , -
and ſleepy with a ful Stomach, repoſed his Bady on
a falſe ſupport, which waating force for the weight
he laid on 1t, gave way, and ſo falling, countedeve-
ry ſtep backwards,till at laſt he came to the Earth,
where he was ſtifled in the ill Air of Mire and
Filthinels, Of All the preſent Spectators of hus Fall
there was not one ſo mach as to afliſt him, un-
till looking on all ſides to ſee if any would compaſ-
ſionate his caſe, he ſpied an old Man, whoſe age
he thought was paſt the WAgery of Youth, to him
be reached his hand, and deſired his help, which
he readily gave, - and not only aſliſted him with
his hand , but lifted him on his ſhoulders, but
but he being lame with age, and no leſs falſe then
the reſt, ia a few paces, ftrumbled on his Crutches,
and fell into a ſecret ſnare of Flowers, and
of effeminacy, where he flited him off,catching at his
flying Coat, let his Body drop where it was no-more
ſeen, nor heard of; at which the Mechanick Theater
ſhouted with acclamations, and thereby performed
the Obſequies of his dying Memory, Every one,
even Andrenio himſelf, clapt their hands appiacing
| | tne
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128 The Spaniſh Critick.
the Teſt,' and Trick of the one , and the ridicu-
lous Folly of the other. Andrenio turning himſelf
to'Critilo perceived he did not only laugh as the
reſt, but ſighed to ſee the madneſs of this age. What
1s the matter, ſaid he, is it poſlible that you with
ſo'mach affetted ſingularity ſhould go in oppoſition
tothe common humour, when ſome laugh , you
Weep, and in their rejoicings you lament ? It is
true,” ſaid Critilo, for this hath been rather a tor-
ment, and ſpectacle to exerciſe my Patience, then
a paſtime for my pleaſure; and if your experience |
and judgment knew how to interpret thele paſla-
£05, you would fide with me, and be partaker inthe
ame reſentment. Why, who is this, replied A#-
drenio,but a credulous Forraigner, whoſe folly is his
_ deſtruttion, and his ears being open to all Stories,
is ſubjeCt to all Frauds, and is paid with that gulle-
ry.,which his indiſcreet facility hath deſerved;ſuch an
one I would rather deride, then pity,and m this caſe
be rather a Democritus , then an Heraclitus, Tell me,
replied Critil} , if you were -in- his condition ,
whom you thus deſpiſe, What would you fay?
Who 1, ſaid he, in his condition, how is it
poſlible; that T who am alive, healthful, and per-
- haps more in my Wits than he, ſhould fo far out-
run them as to arrive-at this pitch of ,madneſs ?
This is the error, replied Critilo, -know then that
this unfortunate Stranger, is a Man as we all are,
who enters Weeping on this Tragick Theater, is
encointred with the Songs,and Enchantments of 'Fal-
ſity, as a remedy of his Melancholy : naked he comes
in, -and as empty goes out ; which is all the treat-
ment he receives from ruinous Maſters; his entrance is
encountred by the firſt Deceiver, which 1s the
| F - | World,
The Spaniſh Critick. 129
World, who proffers and complies in nothing, gives
and enriches him with the ſpoils of another, which
he ſuddenly returns to challenge again, and to draw
away with one hand, what the other offered, thac
all thoſe Gifts, and Careſles of Fortune, at laft like
Smoak vaniſhed in nothing. The other, which in-
vited his Appetite to the Feaſts of Senſualities, was
a Decelver, who importunately vext this Gueſt,til
he was fallen into the Sins of Luſt, and after as
much tormented him, with the pangs of Conſci-
ence; the Meat was without ſubſtance and nouriſh.
ment, the Drink a poiſonous Potion, or at the beſt
but a falſified Liquor, which fumed and intoxicated
the Brain, that caſt him down, and his fall received
with the Songs of Sorrow , and the Acclamations
of Miſery, the vile Rabble of Fortune. Laſtly ,
that old Hypoctite the worlſt of all, inveterate with
Malice, was Time,which tript up his heels, and caſt
him into the Grave, where he left him dead, foli-
tary, naked, and forgotten: So that if we obſerve
well, all take advantage on miſerable Man. The
World deceives him, Life flatters hiim, Fortune de-
rides him, Health forſakes him, his Youth paſſes,
Felicity withdraws, Years fly away , and Contented
ones come not, Time runs, his Lite ends, Death
catches him, the Grave devours him, the Earth
covers him , Putrifaction diſſolves him, Oblivion
ſwallows him, and he who yeſterday was a Man,
to day is Duſt, and to morrow nothing. But how
long fhall we looſe pretions Time, let us return ro
our former Road, our ſtreight and direct way; for
here is nothing that we can expect more, unleſs to
entangle our ſelves in a I abyrinth of Errors; but
Andrenio, bewitched with this Vanity, and having
found gratious reception in the Palace, became 2n
K Ido!zs
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130 The Spaniſh Critick.
Idolator of this Kings Greatneſs, which was fan-
taſtick, without reality or ſubſtance : The many ta-
vours he had received there, and the good eye
with which he was looked on by the greateſt Mi-
Aiſters, made him promiſe himſelf no ſmall Prefer-
- ment; "he made often means and friends to be admit-
ted to the preience of his Majelty, and to kiis his
Feet, though he wanted thole Parts, being an im-
perfect piece of Nature. Crz:lo returned again to
him, deſiring and perſwading with what Arguments
he could, his departure; and being at length wea.
ried with his :mportunity, and requelts, at laſt con-
ſented to his demands : But being come to the Gates
of the City, with anintention toleave it. O unhap-
y Fortune! they were ſtopped by the Guards,
who ſuffered all to come in, and none to go forth,
ſo that they were forced to return again, and to
lament the miſery of this Snare, into which they
were fallen. Andrenio returned again tothe former
folly of his antient pretentions, who was yet en-
tertained with large promiles, but no pertormance,
Which Critilo objected as an argument to wean his
affections, But which way their eſcape was effected is
related in the following Criſs, together with the Acts
of the famed Artemza,
rf Th
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The Eighth CRISIS. |
The Miracles of Artemia,
Reſolute Conrage is a good remedy againſt T
A an _unconſfant Fo gr 2 hn Tg —_]
will bear patiently the ſeverity of Laws; Art, and ſ*
Science overcomes the unpoliſhed rudeneſs of Na-.
ture, and a diſcreet Judgment is a ſecure protecti- |
en in all difticulties. For Art perfetts Nature, is
a ſecond Being, endeavors to adorn the firſt. and:
pretends to exceed the rude lines of her work with
a better Air, and neater Curioſity, Well may ſhc
glory to have created another W orld, and re-:
tormed its rudeneſs, that what blots and
errors Nature hath committed and blurred |
Art hath expunged, and been an afliſitant to her
feeble Operations, This withour doubt was the
employment of Man in Paradiſe, when God in-;
veſted him with a Power of Predominancy over the;
World , to rule and make up the dilcompoled'
Breaches, which was but to poliſh Nature, and to;
teach rude clownery a more artificial Behaviour,
Co that art isatrimming of Nature,the mount of this;
levet Simplicity, and miraculous in her Works; ſo
that if a deſart by the Gardners hand may be rurn-
ed to a Paradiſe; Why ſhould it not take the fame
R 2 efiect
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132 The Spaniſh Critick,
clfect in tne Soul, and cultivate the over-grown Soil
| of Mans Realon, Let then our Rowan Youth try
|
|
:
:
:
:
;
theſe Myſteries, view the cffets on Andrexvio, who
' pov thongh- clouded, and captivated in the confuſi-
ny oo.
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wT
02s of this Court, 1s yet ranſomed with Felicity ,
and by Critilo*s importunities obtained his Liberty.
There was a Queen, whole prodigious Miracles
ani] Attions had celebrated her praiſes in the far-
theſt World ; her Territories bordered on the Con-
fines of this Kir g, o thit ſuch potent Neighbors,
differently diſpuied , mult neceffarily contract ha-
treds and diſtaites, which breaking out into Wars,
ofcen ended in a bloudy concluſion. This Lady
| was called (jor never did ſhe belie her name, or
2'tions ) the wile, and diſcreet Artemza,tarned in all
Aves, and her Actions chronicled: to all Poſterity.
Every one ſpake honourably of her, and with that
varievy of adoration worſhipped her,as the diſtinCti-
on of Religions, directed their Devotions, and
- though the Wile, and Prudent were only thoſe
( and amongſt them the Duke del! Infanrado) who
had procnred a true and right notionof her Worth ;
vet the Valgar report ſpake her to be a famous
AMe42z, an Enchantreſs whoſe Art worked not like
' the Charms of Circe, which metamorphos'd Men
inco Bealts, but rather dilinchanted, and regenera-
; red the bewitched eſtate of Man into original Rea-
to2. Some lay they have ſeen enter into her Houſe,
; ſomething without ſhape, a brute, or Beaſt, which
in a few days, ſhe tnrned to: fo different a Nature,
| that he became a polite Work, and piece of Ra-
1 ut
|
|
| timorous Hare hath reccived a Lions courage , and
tionality, ſhe made the blind Mole more acute in
Sight then the ſpotted Linx ; Crows ſhe hath turn-
ed into the mild innocency of candid Doves, the
the
The Spaniſh Critick. 133
the ignoble Kite become as long Winged, and pge-
nerous as the Eagle: a Horſe committed to her |;
Charge, procceded as an effect of her School, elo- *
quent in Speech, ſo that they generally reported, ſhe
taught Beafts to ſpeak, bat ef greater honour it
was, that in convenient oTMmens METannr tem
ſitence, She-infptred metro” Starter”; and pave
breath to appearing Shadows. Out of lumps of
Clay ſhe produced Fleſh; into giddy Fancies ſhe |
infuled Gravity; the Dwarf ſhe hath raiſed to a !
Giants Stature, and turned apiſh Poſtures to a com- '
poled Countenance; of a ſcoffing Jeſter the hath |
made a ſevere Cato, and by the ſtrength of nouriſk- +
ment, ſne hath nurtured a Pigmy Infant to a loſty *:
Tiphews, luchas were Men only in Title, and Name, /
ſhe hath really and ſubſtantially made them {o 3 *
to the Blind ſhe hath given Sight, and fixed the |
Lights of Reaſon like Argw's Eyes ; ſhe hath quit-
ted the prejudice of the blind intereſted, and again!t
their own advantage obliged them to profeſs Veri-
ty. Men but of Straw and Clouts, ſhe hath turned
1ato true 2nd unfeigned Figures; from the Viper ſhe -
hath pluckt kis Sting, and not only cleanied its
Venam, but madeit an Antidote againſt other Poi-
ſons; her Art hath been moſt extolled, in the great-
eſt diſtculties, and her skill then moſt renowned, :
when 1t worked on the bad Materials of uncapadble
Subjects; for intodull Wits, ſhe hath inſtilled Wiſe |
dom; ſhe hath not only endued the proſperous
with Memory, but the unhappy with Judgmeat and
Diſcretion; a meer Fool ſhe hath made a Sznxaz
an Ignorant Citizen a high Politician, and an un; |
Sk1lful Soldier ſhe advanced to a knowing Commane | ;
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1 eſteem and gratefully to acknowledge, Of a ruinous
\ Defart ſhe had oft compoſed a delitious Garden,and
{| / gave ſo much vertue to the Soil, that Trees began
/ \/ there to radicate where but lately a Shrub wanted
\/ moiſture. A Court, and City ſhe had formed, and
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rendred as polite and neat as Flirence it ſelf z nor
was It impoſſible that her exploits ſhould erect a
; {/ triumphant Rome, In this manner did every one
, |: difcourſe of her Actions, not as' if ſhe had produ-
\| : ced them by Miracle, but as plauſible and honeſt
(1 citects of her own Power.
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| Critilo had ſoon intelligence of this Lady, for his
| troubles obliging him to ſeek a remedy, by was the
| more inquilitive to receive an exact information
| concerning Artemia; and in regard that all the Ar-
! guments and Perſwaſions which F riendſ{np ſuggeſted
' were little available to thedeaf Earsof Andrenio, he
| reſolved to depart, and to force his way 29ainſt all
| di ficulties, which he found not fo environed with
Obſtacles, Þut that he, who was reſolute to eſcape,
' might find a door ; from whence 1 ſay reſolving to
depart, he found an caſier paſſage then was expect-
, cd," and remained as happy as contented, and bein
| freed from any detentions, followed the Road that
| dire(ted to the deſired Court of Artemia, to conſult
| about a remedy which might uncaptivate his beloved
\ (| Friend, whom ſo much the more he entertained in
; his Thoughts, by how much the farther the di-
| ſtance of the way had ſeparated him from his ſoci-
ety. Many Pallengers he encountred in the way, who
' journied thither, ſome for curioſity, others for their
| advantage and profit ; the wiſcit and moſt obſer.
' ving, paſſed their Journey with Storiesof her ACti-
ens, how ſhe had made Lions to couch at her feet,
and
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and transformed them into humane Souls, and with !
muttering ſome few words diſinchanted Scrpents
and raiſed their crawling Bowels from the duſt,
and erccted their Heads towards Heaven : how ſhe
had ſucked out the Venom from the Baſilisks eyes,
that an Infant might behold them without danger
of ,emiſſions, or intections, which dart into youths |
ful tenderneſs ; all which were things as rare as pro- |
fitable. All this is nothing, ſaid another, her pow: :
er can charm the Syrens Songs, tranſ-
form their laſcivious Tongues into Chat Ata-
chaſt Matrons, make the ravenous trons
Wolf become a mild Turtle, and
the higheſt that poſſibly can be imagine :d a ſenſual |
Venws,take the Vow of a Veſtal Virgin. All agrecd
that this was very admirable and rare. The Ar-
tificial Palace of this Queen, was ſituated on an emi-
nent riſing, where ſhe commanded the Waters to
aſcend in Streams in token of their obedience to
her powerful Art, in imitation, of
which that famous * Artiſt invented * The Iwenti-
thoſe Chriſtal Fountains, that ariſe 929 Juanne-
to 7% the Watey
lize dews from the ranning Tagus, yryrkg of To- |
her Garden was crowned with Flow- lJcdo.
ers, ſurrounded with Beds ot Pinks,
Prodigies of fragrancy and odours; for the Brambles
produced Roles, which faded not like other Flow-
crs, but continued their lively bluſh, and ſweet :
ſmells , as rarities in all ſcaſons of the yezr, the |
very Elms produced Pears, and the T horns Grapes,
the choaky Aragon Pear cl: anged its Natnre, and
turned Mellow, and became more delitious then |
the Bergamor, and the dr y Cork-Tree ſweated forth |
drops of Netiar; in the Pools were heard the con-
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unknown Note to Critilo; for though the vulgar
| Specch report them to i ing their own Funeral Ob-
| ſequies, yet ſo rare is one Song from them , that
none can fay he hath been an Auditor of their ſad-
| neſs , for. they bein LY 2.20 |
; Nature, if the
Þ Meteor 'of JR avory. Trath, hich ſo graze the
eatF of the generality, that they
| venfent” to be ſent, till either their Agony, and
i Patigs of Conſcience force them to breathe out
{ Truth, or that then 1n their laſt farewell they fear
Joo to pronounce boldly their own Sence, fearing
neither puniſhment, nor loſs of Eſtate ; hence it is
(i aid, that ſuch a Preacher, or that Miniſter ſpake
{
' clearly, that ſuch a Secretary of State confeſt and
/ 1! Publiſhed Secrers, and that this Councellor diſcloſed
\ the moſt inward Thovghts of his Breaſt,and breathed
/ out Truth together with his life. At the Gate
y ſtood a Lion, a gentle Porter, whoſe fierceneſs had
7 been lately turned to the Manſitude of a Lamb, and
'a Tiger to a Sheeps innocency; at the Balconies
; appeared pratling Birds, who yet worked, and diſ-
| courſed together with the prating Parrot , who
| Held the Diſtaff 2 The Cats and Domeſtick Ani-
| mals of that Houſe, were not ravenous, nor
given to prey , but Loyally acknowledged their
mighty Empreſs, and each day proſtrating at
\ / her feet, renewed profeſſions of obedience. At
her door attended multitudes of modeſt Virgins,
; well faſhioned, and comely, though Mechanicks ,
| ard of mean Degree. The more Noble and 1 inge-
; nuqQus Ladies, all Attendants of the diſcreet Arte-
| mig, Were advanced to ſuch Forms, as ſome vertu-
; tuotts Heroes thought fit to advance them, repart-
- Ing unto every onetheir peculizr Leſſons and "A
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The Spaniſh Critick. 137,
of Preferment, in judging of which, and of ever
Ones particular Abilities, the chief Arbiter employ
ed was Don Vincentio de Laſtanoſa. Her Mouth =
little and modeſt, her Eves full, and piercing , her.
Speech though grave yet pleaſing , and above a
hef hands were of Soveraign Quality, that they”
gave life to thoſe on whom ſhe laid them, and:
worked a Miracle on benumbed Souls ; her 'beha-
viour was with a good air, and faſhion , her body
handſomely proportioned ; In fine, all ſhe did, be-
came her, and all her actions were full of Art and
Vertue. Critilo being arrived', had Audience of
her, with the greateſt Civilities and Courteſie, that
could be expreſled, fo
conſtancy _and _inclinatians to Yertue,.and. judged of
higgood N atureand Afffeability fromthe ingenuuty of
his quntenance, which is the Index and Charatter
the Soul, Whilſt Critilo approached near to kiſs
het hands, ſhe retired with ſome wonder back- .
ward, to ſe one ſuch a Maſter in Vertue, to enter
the School, and one fo wiſe to walk unaccompa-
nied, in regard that Society is affected by the
Wiſe, and carries with it much of the comelineſs
of the Graces, which are at leaſt three in number ,
but he preſling forward, let fall a floud of tears ,
and anſwering, faid, I was not wont to walk thus
ſolitarily alone, for 1 had once another Compani-
on, whom I now give over for loſt, by means of an
il Conductor, and a trateirous Guide, who 1n this
Country ſometimes directed us,and at laſt deſtroy-
edus;'in his behalf, I apply my ſelf to you, Thou
ſole Remedy of Misfortunes, petitioning your fa- |
your to reſcue my other ſelf,who remains a diſtreſ-
ſed Captive, and the more unfortunate, becauſe 1
know not where, nor how, nor with whom, Tot
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him. If you know not, replied ſhe, where you left
him, or with whom, how ſhall we know where to
| find him? This I committo the skill of your myſtc-
rious Art, ſaid he, for he remains in the Court of
a famous King ( whence | durlſt {wear, he could ne-
| ver be recovered) an Emperor univerſally power-
' ful, and only ſingular in being unknown, Hold,
{21d ſhe, I underſtand you now, without doubt lic
| remains 1n the great Babylor ( but no Court ) of my
\ great enemy Falumund, in whoſe Territories the
' whole World runs to confuſion, and all haſten their
, end there, becaule they know not, nor conſider 1t.
However take good Courage in a bad Fortune, and
our Policy ſhall not be wanting to countermine his
decett, and fo calling one of her chiefeſt Miniſters,
and greateſt Confhidents, who attended with great
, Teachneſs, and being a perion of much Reſolution,
| and IIluſtrions for his Integrity. and clear Dealing,
| ſhe committed to him the charge of this buſinels.
| Critils having informed him concerning the particu-
lars of all paſſages, Artemiz gave him directions ,
and therewith a Glaſs of pure Criſtal, the famous
; Workmanſhip of one of the ſeven Greeks, and ha-
ving acquainted him of the efficacy and vertue of
it,and how to make uſe of it ſhe referred the reſt to
his own management. Betore he de parted he cloathed
hinafelf aſter the fafhioh of that Country, in the Li-
- very of Falimund, which was made up of many
! Folds, Linings, Furrs, Counter-Furrs, covered with
; Coats, and Callocks, and over all a "Cloak to hide
; Frauds; andin this manner he departed to comply
/ with his Commands and Confidence repoſed in
{ him,
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The Spaniſh Critick. 139
Critilo was 2s much contented as favoured in the
Court of Artemia , entertaining him{clt with im-
proving his knowleds 2e, and evcry day obſerving
Miraculous operations; for there he ſaw ( what
{cemed impoilible) a rugged Clown transformed ta
a refined Courtier, a Mountanter to become a Gen- '
tleman, and Principal in his Art; nor was lt Tels
wonderful, that a Biſcayner ihould be made an Elo-
quent Secretary. There were Cloaks of Baze,
transformed into Velvet, the Scholars rags of Po-
vcrty_to .cminent Purple, TY
to-an Epiſcopal Mitre. Thoſe who commandedin
one part, ſhe hath given Commiſſion for an: eher :
the poor Shepherd of a thin Flock, ſhe hath made au
univerſal Paſtor: Befides, her power knows no 11-
mits, but works moſt intenſe at the fartheſt diſtance,
for ſome have ſeen a Polt-Boy promoted to Beth-
lem Gabor,and a Lacquay, to a Lord of Texza; and
there are 'Witneſles how in former times the Goad
hath grown into a Sceptcr, and a Scrivener become. !
a Ceſer the ſhadows of one night over-palt ſhe.
hath ſo changed and altcred the Faces of ſome ,
that their intimate Friends have ſcarce taken ac-
quaintance of their altered countenances ; their
Judgments, Opinions, and Wills, have been changed,
and their AffeCtions rejormed, Men of wild, and
and unconſtant Brains have been made grave and ie=
vere; and others of vain and empty Carriage have
been confirmed in ſolidity, and ſubſtance, In like
manner ſhe hath ſipplted all the defefts and inhr-.
mities of the Body, for on ſome ſhe hath beſtowed
ſhoulders, feet, hands; to others ſhe hath given
eyes, teeth, and hair ; but above all ſhe hathcurcd.
the rotten Ulcers, and gangrings in the heart) all
which are not leſs than Miracles of her admired
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Art. But what Critilo moſt admired was to ſee her
ſhave, and hew an unfaſhioned Log, a Trunk, an
unformed Lump, till ſhe brought it both to the Form
| and Rationality of a Man, wnich could ſpeak, dil-
; courſe and reaſon in a manner as was worth the atten-
| tion; but let us leave him here a while entertained,
! and follow the diſcourſe of this prudent Miniſter,
| who is now on his journey , and purſuit of Andre-
| io, remaining as yet in the Court of the famous
! Faliſmund.
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/ Still did the drynken Surfet of the Bacchanalian
| Feaſts go forward,the Strects were filled with Sports
and Maſcarades , walked with more licentiouſnels
then 1n Barcelona it ſelf, hoth Men and Women
ſported in diſguiſed Hahits, faſhioned not only in
the mode ang cloak of Sin, but in the white attire
of Sanctity and Vertue, whereby the credulous
ſimplicity of ſome was deluded , though the Wile
clear-ſighted Men, knowing them well, adviſed
them to unmask themlſe]ves. It is a thing very ob-
ſervable, how deſirous all were tq cloath themſelves
. {in forraign Habits, and ſome contrary or different
/totheir Natures; for the Fox put on the skin of the
Lamb, the Serpent rhe feathers of the
| Feigned Men. Dove, the Uſurer deſired to paint his
| _ Avarice -with the Twins of Charity,
;7 the Adultere x] liar Friend of the
{.: HusbafſdJ the wolf ambitious to be eſteemed Ab-
* ſkemious, the Lion to be accounted as gentle and
; mild as the Sheep, the Cat affefted with a Roman
: Beard, would hear of nothing but Rome's Cuſtoms,
the Aſſe would imitate the Lion, whilſt he is ſilent,
; and the angry Dog that ſnarls, affefted to ſhew his
; Teeth in ſmiles and laughter. This faithful Ofh-
cer
cer travelled in quelt of Axdrenis, through croſs-
ways, and by-paths, and thongh he was skilful,and
wary enough to avoid crrors, yet ſo was he changed,
that he knew not Crizilo himſelf for his Eyes were
now clouded with a miſt, not fully open, as former-
ly, but dimmed, and a little obſcured ; for the Of-
ficers of Faliſmund do chiefly deſign at firſt to vitiate |
or debilitate the Sight of Strangers for that be-
ſides his Voice began here to fail him and tochange
both pronounciation, and accent , his Ears grew
deaf,and the reſt of his Sences diſturbed and diſtem-
pered, that if man each hour hath his Changes ,
and in the evening is altered from his mornings |
Strength ; what can we expect but a Change inthofe
who deſcend from Vertues more different Climate, |
to the Centre of Error and Falſity. But yet break- \
ing through all difficulties, with much induſtry and |
diligent enquiry he came at laſt to hear of Andre-/
240, and one day found him employed in what he
uſually loſt his hours, in beholding others ſport away
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their Wealth, and make an end both of their Eſtate |
and Conſcience: for there he ſtood gazing at a
Match at Tennis, the moſt natural and faſhionable
Entertainment of the World, which was perform-
ed in the high Street by Parties of different Na-
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tures and Conditions: the one fide was black, and '
the other white , one tall, the other low, theſe
rich, and the other poor, and all dexterous Game-
ſters, and accuſtomed to the ſport , in which they
eternally conſumed their time, and thoughts, The
Balls were puft with wind, in faſhion Ike Mens |
heads, which the Ball-maker had filled with blaſts, |
at. the cyes, and cars, making them as hollow as |}
empty; thus one giving the word, warned thei to
play with attention, All, faid he, 1s but ſport and /
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142 The Spaniſh Critick.
madneſs;, and with that gave the Ball ſo hard a
{troak, that it flew through the Air, by the vertue
of that violence which the blow had impreſſed on
it, which another taking at the rebound, returned
it again without ſuffering it to reſt from its moti-
on. Thus all endeavoured to kick, and foot away
this common Ball, for in that conſiſted their dextc-
rity and Victory, Sometimes it was toſled ſo high,
that it was out of fight, anon ſo low, that it bound-
ed and triiled on the ground, ſo as to bemire it ſelf
with the filth and ordure of the Earth ; ſome kick-
| ed it with their feet, others ſtroak
The Game at With their hands, but "the moſt with
Tenn. Rackers in the form of tongues, that
ſometimes 1t mounted through the alr,
and again deſcending quarrelled with the grount, by
{uftering great varieties and changes of Fortune;
one cried out he won Fifteen, and 1o he did, for at
thoſe years Men gain Vice, and looſe the Treaſures
of Vertuez another ſaid he had won Thirty, and
gave the game for his own; but theſe years docon-
clude the Sct. In this manner they ſported with
the Ball, till ar laſt it fell down and burſt, and then
evcry one trampled on it. Thus concluded the Game,
{ome winning at their own coſt, whilſt others were
entertained with the view of this paſtime. Thele,
{aid Azdrenio , turning himfelf toward him, that
{onght for him, ſeem to be the Heads of Men, And
fo they are, ſaid he, and one of them 1s yours, Men
I mean who have loſt their Brains, and filled their
Scnlls with Air, and Wind, with Dregs, and Cob-
webs, and fantaſtick Apparitions. The World
throws up her Balls of Vanity, which the elevated
and happy Souls, catch and hurl down again to
their contrary oppolites Frouble and Calamity :
whHIt
The Spaniſh Critick 143
whilſt miſerable Man ſtanding in the
middle way, ſometimes Secs, Our Life 4-
then exalted,and ſubject to the ſtroaks gein.
of both, 'till at laſt he tumbles burſt
into the mire, and filth of his Sepulcher, What
art thou, faid Andrenio, that ſeeit ſo much? And,
what art thou replied he.,that ſcelt ſo little ? Thus
in diſcourſe he began to iuſinuate himſelf into his”?
fayour, and firſt to gain the Fort of his Will, the:
better to command and ovyer-awe his Underſtanding =_
ſo that Axdrenio diſcoyercd unto him his Brealt ,
declaring his hopes, and thoſe great promiles w ere|
made 'of obtaining his pretenſions, But this cun-;
ning Artiſt ſeeing his time and ſeaſon, informed
him, that the courle he took was vain, and would
never gain him admittance to ſce this King, much
leſs introduce him to a private Audience; for to
ice him is to be effected by your own Will, and the
ſole being of this Prince is to bc unknown : the
way his Miniſters take to give a view, and proſpect
of him, is to blind you firſt : Conſider but awhile
how blind you are: What will you give me if this
night, I ſhew him to you ? You do but jeſt, ſaid
Andrenio. No, for I am moſt uſually ſerious, All
I ſhall deſire is, that when I diſcover him, you" 1
would view him well, obleryc, and e
T his, ſaid Andrenio, is to deſire me what I have ſo
earneſtly entreated, So having appointed the hour,
both punctually complied with their promiſe, one as
defirous of this Novelty, and the other as zealous
of the others deliverance, But whilſt Audrenio be-
lieved he ſhould be firſt introduced into the favour
of forme intimate Miniſters, he on the contrary per-
ceived himſelf lead another way, and carried always
to 2a diſtance from the Court, w hick made him give
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a ſtop; willing to return backward, ſuſpecting a
greater Fraud;and Abuſe in this then in thoſe former
Snares to which his Errors had betrayed him.But this
diſcreet Officer ſtill detained him, Obſerve, ſaid he,
and view through this Glaſs, whart 1s denied us at
anearer Proſpect ; for aſcending up this Hill,a little
raiſed from the ordinary level of the Earth, we ſhall
I know diſcover moſt hidden Secrets; with that he
perſwaded him to aſcend a little up, and place him-
{elf juſt oppoſite to the Windows of Faliſmund. 1
think, ſaid Andrenio, 1 ſee more then I did before,
which much encouraged his Inſtruftor, who knew
that to ſee, and underſtand, was the only remedy,
and cure for his ſickneſs. Andrenio turned his eyes,
and looked toward the Palace, to ſee if he could
eſÞy any glimpſe or appearance of that hidden Ma-
jelty ; but he perceived that it was all in vain, for the
Windows were ſhut, the Latices obſtruCted, and the
'} Glaſs ſo thick 2s no ſight could penetrate it. This
' Is not theway, faidthisgrave Inſtructor, to behold,
and take a proſpect on the World ;; but turning his
back upon it, adviſed him to conſider ail in a diffe-
rent nature, from what they appear, the inward and
moſt natural AffeCctions having another force , then
the outward Viſions : with that he drew out his
Lookingglaſs,and uncaſing it of its Silken-cover, put
it before his eyes, in that manner, that the re-
fleſtions of the Palace, whoſe view deceived the
oe of common beholders, gave here a perfect
eſcription of all its infirmities, Look now, faid
he,contemplate on it, and glut your longing deſire
with a full enjoyment. With which Andres
was ſo aſtoniſhed, and amazed, that every Joint
began to tremble, What is the matter now, quoth
the old Men ? What is it affrights, angl diimays
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rou ? I ſee, ſaid he, whatInever deſired, nor ever
believed z I ſeea Monſter, the moſt horrible my life
hath ſeen, one that hath neither feet nor head, a
moſt diſproportionate piece of Nature, one part
not correſponding with the other , a prodigious
ſhape of Monſtroſity ; his hands cruel and þruitih,
a counterfeit compoſition of all kinds, and yet of
none in reality z his mouth like a Wolf, where never
Truth hath had a habitation,and is fo prodigious in
all reſpects, that a Chimera 1s an Aſs 1n compariſon
hereof 3 take me, take me away, leſt I faint with
theſe affrighting Apparitions; but his prudent Com-
panion told him, and bid him obſerve well his
Mouth, which at the firſt glatice repreſented the
lively features of a Man, butin reality was a Foxes
Snout, his Middle a Serpent, his Body was ſocrook-
ed,and his Bowels ſo twiſted, that he ſeemed as if he
would vomit them up.His back was riſing like a Ca-
mels Bunch, his Noſtrils ſtuft with knobs, his upper
afts like the Syrens countenance , and his lower
Supporters of no nobler ſubſtance then the reſt of
his compoſure. Do you not ſee with what pain, and
trouble he walks forward, how he turns his neck,
how a Bunch on his Back, depreſleth his ſteps, how
ill inclined he bends, his Hands lame, his Feet ſplaed,
his ſight a-ſquint, his Speech ſtammering, and ſcarce
Intelligible, In fine, all is bad, to conſummate the
full Catalogue of all imperfeCtions, It is ſufficient,
ſaid Andrenio, that theſe deformities are ſo contrary
to my Nature, that I ſtart in beholding them. And
it is ſufficient, ſaid his InſtruCtor, that it is wich you,
as it is with others, who having once ſeen theſs
things, they have enough, and never
deſire to ſee them more, But who is Decezs.
this crowned Monſter, demanded 4x- i
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drezio? Who 1s this horrid Spectacle of a King ?
This is one, replied he, as famous, as unknown :
| this :s one to whom the whole World yiclds obedi-
| ence, the general diſcourſe and ſpeech of all, whom
all would rather viſit in their Neighbors houle, than
| entertain in their own. This Is "Tha grand Ham
| { ter, who cntraps the whole World 1n his univerſal
: !toil.
This is that Lord who commantls the half of
'the firſt year, and afterwards poſleſles himiclf of
' the other half. This is the powerful Commander
of weaker Heads, the Judge who condemns all thoſe,
' who make their appeal to his Sentence. Thus 15
that univerſal Prince of all, not only of Men, but
' *of Birds, of Fiſh, of Brutes. In fine, this is that
famous, that renowned, and that common Decett,
Let us not then ſtay longer here, ſaid Amndrenio, for
' methinks my affections are more eſtranged from hin
; at this diſtance, then when I was nearer to him.
Hold, faid his Tutor, this is not enough, but I would
have you know and view his whole Kindred, and
Family, and ſo having laid aſide the Glaſs, on a
ſudden appeared 2 Fiend more mad, and Fr pit
. | then Orlando, an old Hag more fraudulent and craf-
| ty then the Wife of S2mpronio; Who is this Me-
' guera, demanded Andrenio £ 'This is the Prin-
ccs Mother, ſaid ſhe, who commands, and
governs all, winch 1s Lie, and Fallity, Old, and
' Decrepid, and almoſt as antient as the World, be-
' Ing not Jong produced after its Creation. It ſeems,
' ſaid Axdrexis, then that ſhe is very antient, O ! the
- monſtrous deformity of this Creature ; when ſhe
; diſcovers her ſelf, ſhe halts fo, that the ſlow-
eſt pace of thoſe that follow, may overtake her,
What great attendance Is that which accompanles
| her. Theſe are, ſaid he, the whole World, her two
Dwarfs
Parcntage.
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Dwarfs are Yea ,and No,which waited on her in her
Promiſes, Offers, Excuſes, Complements, Favors, and
Flatterics, With that turning the Glaſs on the
other ſide, they perceived an Honourable Train, 1f
Antiquity, and antient Bloud may more ennoble a
Family then Honeſty ;, for there was Ignorance the
Grand-mother, Malice the Spoule, Folly the Siſter,
Calamities, Troubles, Diſcontents, Shame, Repen-
tance, Perdition, Confulion, Contempr, and the reſt
of the Brood , and ſpurious Oft-ſpring of fo vile a
7e, Thole who ſtand Attendants at her
ſide, are the Brethren, and Kindred of her near-
cit Bloud, and Cheats, Wheedles, and Intrigues,are
her Grand-children, born 1n this preſent Age, Art
thou now content Andrenio,demanded his Inſtructor ?
Content,No,but yet I am glad,l am thus undeceived :
Let us depart therefore from hence, for every minute
ſeems to me an age, and every thing produces to me
a double torment, Firſt by an importunate deſire
to enjoy it, and after enjoyment to hate and abhor
it, So they went forth by the Gate of Light, from
that Babel of Fraud. Howlocver Andrenio was not
yet fully ſatisfied, nor could he fay that he was per-
tetly recovered, complaining, that though he had
found half of himſclf, yct the other half was loſt,
that is, his Friend, or rather Brother, or his own
ſelf, for ſuch is a Friend, whole real
ſincerity knows no Falſhood. If you
have loſt a Friend, ſaid his Inſtrutor,
you have reaſon to lament your loſs : But tell me,
was he diſcreet? Yes. Why then, fear not to .
recover him. He told me, ſaid Andrenio, he went
to the Court of a wife Queen, called Artemia. It
he were wile, replied he, he mult needs reſide
there, and let this baniſh all farther care from your
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thoughts, for whether can he go, who hath drawn
you from the confines of Deceit, but by the path
of Wildom to the Court of that diſcerning Queen?
Who 1s this famous Woman, this Lady ſo renowned
In all parts of the World, demanded Amndrenio ?
With Reaſonyou ſtile her Queen,faid his Inſtructor ;
for there is no power without diſcretion, and who
hath that, hath a ſufficient ability to command the
World. But thoſe who deduce her Pedigree from
the firſt original of her long deſcended Anceſtors,
account her riſe from Heaven it ſelf, as being a ray
and glimyſe of that Glory which deſcends from the
; immenſe Wiſdom of the eternal Creator. Some call
| ;her Daughter of Time, and Obſervation, the Siſter
#/ of Experience, though others maintain her to be
{ the only Child of Neceſſity, Baſtardiſing her Nobi-
{ lity with baſe Bloud, whom I know to be the Legi-
+ timate product of the Underſtanding. She is one
who lived in antient days, no Child, nor Infant _jn
age, but one who hath found the greateſt favour
in the Courts of the Mightieſt Monarchs,her Original
was in Aſſyria, from thence ſhe travelled into Egypt,
and Caldea, much reſpected ; ſhe hath been in 4-
thens, that great Theatre of Greece, In Corinth, and
Lacedemonia ;, and after ſhe was Crowned in Rome,
where in a competition with Valour,ſhe had the Law-
rel judged, as due' to her Deſerts. The Goths, a
barbarous and uncultivated Pcople , were contem-
ners of her Sacred name, baniſhing not only her ,
but her deyoted Worſhippers from the extent of
their Dominjons, with which barbarous Moriſm,
not yet fully fatisfied, pretended to give a full Pe-
riod to her being, had ſhe not retired to the pro-
tection, and ſanctuary of the famous Tetrarchy of
Charles the Great, where ſhe ſat inſtalled in as much
Glory
The Spaniſh Critick, 149
Glory, and Luſtre, as ever ſhe had ſhined+in the
moſt Potent Empires. But now at the fame of this
powerful and dilated Empire of Spain, which pot-
{eſſeth both the Worlds, ſhe hath-changed her Seat
to this ample Centre of her Eſtimation, But why, |
faid Andrenio, doth ſhe not rather choole the famous |
Court, for her Habitation, to whoſe Altar the ve- /
rious Nationsof her univerſal Dominions might re- |
ſort, and the polite Courtiers adore her 1n the near-
eſt Devotion ; then to fix her Tent here amidlt the |
converſe of ruſtick Clownery, to enjoy only the
Scrapes of the clouted Shooe, and the homely re-
ipect of Country behaviour ? It is, replied his In- |
ſtrutor, hecauſe ſhe would have experience of all,
having tound of late, but bad entertainment in '
Courts, cauſed b the cOMfenainee which is there |
given. to Vice , which Tath often tithes attempted ©
to throw her trom her Scat ; nor 1s It
long ſince ſhe lived amongſt Courtiers, The Curt,
where ſhe found to her own damage,
Perſecutions, Misfortunes, and Malice, much want
of Truth, and exceſs of Fraud, for there 1s moſt Fol-
ly, where there is moſt Preſumprion ; and 1 my teif
haye_heard her ſay, that if there be moſt Courtſhip
ther e, here ts-moſt reatity;”"if there molt paſtimes, *
here 1s moſt Tterfiifes there things-paſs"away, here
we”enjoy them, and-rhis is to YE, -—-
and that to, dic. Notwithſtanding, An Intalian
replied Andrenio, 1 would rather live Proverb, La
with Knaves, then Fools, for though &: rfrroiah
both be bad, yet Folly 1s an intollerable plague (I
mean ) to Underſtanding Men,this I ſpeak with reve-
rence, and ſubmiſſion to wiſe Artemia, Her Palace
began by this time to appear, and ſhine with ſuch a
Splendor , that 1t repreſented Heaven , engravecn:
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'with Inſcriptions, and crowned with Lawrels of her
;Conqueſts, where being now arrived, they were both
ireceived with many Wellcomes, but 4 »drenio elpe-
cially with Embraces; only ſecurity was requirec for
his conſtant perſeverance in that profeſſion, which
is fo ſevere, that 1t indulges no permiſſions contra-
ry to that Duty it impoſes. Here to honour her
two Guells, Artemia worked many famous Miracles
not only on others, but on them, themſelves, and
more on Axrenio, being one who molt wanted her
Art: Ina ſhort time he became a perſon well arm-
cd againſt other Encounters, that if one Leſion of
'her Councel, 1s able to make our Life happy, what
/then muſt the effect be in him, of ſo many repeat-
{ ed Inſtructions, both of his Lite and Fortune, where»
in ſhe ſprinkled {ome Lellons of a {uperiour and {pt-
' Titval Knowledge. Many times ſhe queſtioned Ax-
arenio Of his Life, and made him repeat the Story
of his {ſtrange Condition, when he hrit entered into the
World ; what effects the Novelty of this uniyerfat
Theatre produced in him; but one thing ſhe told
Andrenio,that ſhe was moſt deſirous to know, in what
manner he firſt beheld this admirable Creation, and
how he admired theſe ſtrange Prodigies, and wha
was he,, who gave the greateſt facisfaction to his
Reaſon. But what, Andreuio an{wered 1s related
in the following Crifis,
The Spaniſh Critick.
The Ninth Cris 1s.
The Moral Anatomy of Man.
. EY . +
He antient Miniſters of Delphos had engraved
on the lemple Walls, in Letters of Gold,
and the wile Philolophers had imprinted in larger :
Characters in their Hearts, That recorded Sentence
of 5145, Cognoſce teipſiem, Know thy ſelt. For none
of allcreated Natures, errs in that way he ſhould
run, or milleth that mark the race of his life ſho!
tend to, but Man only whole diſtemper 1s chicily c a't=
ſed by that noble Faculty of Free-W1ll, nor cant
knowledge of other things avail, whilſt lanorance
dwells at "home, and miſapprehends the © opcrations.
of it ſelf. So often doth he degenerate to the vile!
Servitude of a SHYE 75 ofren-ns he renders himferr a,
Captive unto Vice, _ "Theres.
ſo much, nor oppreſles the uawary Trav c| Tip "is
the Ignorance of a Mans ſelf betrays him to be prey
ed on by others, which in many is ſuch a height of
Stupidity, that they are ncither ſenſible, how inſc;
ſible they are, nor do Th 2y ohb!{erve how little they
obſerve or conſider. Yet $a renio {eems wortny t9
be exempted from this common Folly, when ho
thus ſatished the curioſity of Artemis,
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Of all theſe wonders I ſaw, and varieties of ſatis-
fattion I that day enjoyed, there was none which
more affected my thoughts,(I ſpeak it with ſome aſto-
niſhment, but yet with Truth ) then my ſelf, which
the more I revolved, and conlidered in my Under-
ſtanding, the more I found it a ſubjeft to admire.
This is that, faid Artemia, which I have longed to
hear you relate, and was a Theme, that the greateſt
Wit of our times hath ſo much ap-
The greateſk Plauded, calling Man, above all other
Prodigy. Created Wonders, the greateſt Prodi-
gy, and effect of Omnipotency. The
fame concluſion we may make from the general
Maxim of the principal Philoſopher, Propter quod
unnmquodq; et tale, illud eſt magis Tale, T hat al-
ways 1s more, for whoſe ſake another 1s ſuch. $So
that 1f for the ſake of Man, Stones were created
with ſo much Vertue, Flowers with ſ@ much Beau-
ty,, and the Stars twinkling with ſo illuſtrious a
Glory, in what ſphere of Beauty muſt Man ſhine
above all theſe, to whoſe ule and ſervice they were
deſigned, and deſtinated , he is the Creature of
all moſt Noble, the Monarch of this great Palace
of the World, inveſted in poſleſſion of the Earth,
having a Commiſlion delivered to him as Governor,
and Deputy to rule for the beſt advantage both of
himſelf and his Maker, At firſt, proceeded Anadre-
#120, I had only ſome rude Notions and Conceptions
ef my ſelf, till light of the day illuminated my
thoughts, and the Criſtals of a Fountain was the
pnly Glaſs wherein to contemplate and view the
delineation of my Parts, whereby I perceived my
proportion different from what my imaginatian fan-
cied, which cauſed in me ſo much admiration and
delight, that I cannot expreſs, with how much con
tent,
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tent, and pleaſurel was deceived. TI refleted again
on my ſelf, and methought I was not yet fo fooliſh-
ly ignorant as I was contemplative. The firſt
thing I obſerved was this compolition of my whole
Body, which is ſtraight, and direct, not inclining
to one fide, nor to the other, Man, faid Artemia,
was created as a Servant of Heaven, -and ſo he ought
to have his Mind and Body incline thither; for the ma-
terial rectitude of the body often ſimpathizeth and }.
correſpondeth with the Soul, that where accidents and '*
miſhaps have made a deformity in the Members,
the Mind hath often been miſhapen with them,
and both have become crooked and humourſfome
in their Actions. It 1s true, ſaid Cr;- a
tilo, for ina crooked compotition doth The Crooked, |
ſeldom dwell a plain, and direCt in- -
tefifion, in the nooks ant heridings of a Body, we ||
may fear ſome folds and doublings in the Sort. _/
The eyes which are dull and miſty, are accuſtomed '
topfow dim with Paſſion, whom we do not com-
pallionate as we do Blind-men, but rather fear
them, as thoſe who may Kill with the
Squints of an "indirect glance; the Squint Eyes.
Lartfe often ſtumble in the Road-.of |
Vertue, and their Will halting between their Affe-
tions, makes theſe maimed Cripples, uncapable to
walk with equal ſteps; but Reaſon and Underſtand-
ing in better Judgments, hath prevented the Prog-
noſticks of ſuch ſiniſter infirmities,
The head, ſaid Andrenio, I know not whether I
ſpeak improperly, I call the Caſtle, and Fortreſs of
the Soul, the Court of her Powers and Faculties,
You have reaſon, ſaid Artemis for 2s God is aſlt-
ſtant, and preſent in all parts, yet the Glory of his
Court, is moſt apparent in the Celeſtial J_;
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154 The Spaniſh Critich.
ſo the Soul manifeſts it ſelf moſt in her ſuperiour
Stations, which 1s a lively reſemblance of the hea-
venly Orbs. Who believes not this, let him look
into the Soul through the Windows of the Eyes,
hear its Voice through the Mouth, and ſpeak to ir
through the Crevices of the Ears, 'the upper, and
molt eminent place doth beſt become the Autho-
rity of the Head, that its Office may be beſt execu-
ted in its command and rule over other parts; and
herc I have obſerved, ſaid Critilo, with much atren-
tion, that though the parts of this Republique are
ſo numerous, t that to every day of the year may be
allotted a Bone, yet this variety 1s with ſo much
harmony, that there is no number that may not be
applied to it; for the Sences are five, the Humours
four, the Powers three, and the Eyes two, all
which come to reduce themſelves, and terminate in
one common Unity, and Centre of the Head, re-
ſembling the firſt and Divine Mover, in whom th:
whole Series and Degrees of Creatures come to
end by an univerſal dependance, The Underſtand-
ing, ſaid Artemia, pollefleth the moſt ſublime and
pureſt ſpiricuality of the Soul, and hathno ſmall
intereſt in the Government of the material Facultics,
but as King, aad Lord of the Actions of Li fe, foars
aloft, penetrates, ſubt;liſeth, diſcourſes, underſtands,
and hath fixt its Throne in a candid and flexible
diſpoſition, the true Eſſence of the Soul , bamiſhing
all obſcurity and darkneſs from Conceptions, all pre-
judice from Affections, and as a good natured Crea-
ture, encourages the gifts of docility, with mode-
' ration, and prudence. The Memory looks on what
1s paſſed, and eyes that behind, as the Underſtand-
ing doth that beforc; ſo that what we paſs, we itil]
ſee, and becaule we "caſt that commonly behind
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which moſt concerns us, every Wiſe man becomes a :
Fans, and lees as well behind as before. The hair
{eems to me, ſaid 4ndrenio, a Gift beſtowed on\
Man, more tor his adornment, than neccllity, They ;
ace..roots,.rephed Artemis, of this humane Iree ,|
which radicate him in Heaven, and by one hair he
is "drawn thither, there ought "his cares to be, and!
there he ought to reccive his ſubſtantial nouriſh- |
ment. They are the Index and Almanack of our
Age, and chanpethetr colour, as we our affections
the-Fore orehead iS_the heaven and Sky of the Mind,”
which is ſometimes clouded, anon fcrene, and clear,
the"Seat of the Sences, where a ſhame of ur Crimes
diſcovers it ſelf, and is the place where. Paſſions
iport, and delight ; Anger in the ſtretched Fore-! *
head, Sadneſs in the fallen Totititenance, Fear 1n the 7
Pale, Modeſty in the- Sangnite, Deceit in the; 7
wrinkled Brow, Good nature in the Smoorh , Im-'7
modeſty in "the Bald, and a good Capacity in the*®:
{parisb; Forehead: -Boe-Thifif WhicfT nol. admircd,! s
laid” Andrenio., in this artificial Fabrick of Man
was his Eycs, Do you know, laid Crit ,,
with what name that great Reſtorer of Health
{tiles them, Galen that retainer of flying Life,
and ſearcher into Nature, he calls them Di-
vine parts, who in this ſpake well; for 1t we ob-
ſerve, they are inveſted with a kind of Divinity ;
which infuſcth Veneration: they work With a CCr=
tain Univerſality, that they reſemble
Omnpotency, producing the Images,
The Eyes have
and Species of external Objects in the ſomething Di-
intimate and inward rooms of the -$3ze.
Soul : they ſcem to be induced with
a kind of Infinity, being preſent and aſſiſtant in all
places, and commanding at one inſtant the whole !
ſpace, and circumference of the Hemiſphere. Ar ©
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156 The Spaniſh Critick.
one thing, ſaid Andrenio, 1 have been much amuſed,
that though the Eyes ſee all, yet they ſec not them-
ſelves, nor thoſe Beams that uſually obſtruCt them,
{ a Condition and Paradiſe of Fools, who are acute
\ Spies of diſorders in their Neighbors houſe , and
| Bats of Blindneſs in their own: It were no ſmall conve-
niency if Man could retort his own Eyesnp6i himſelf
that he might ſtart at his own deformity, moderate
his paſſions, and compoſe” hifmfetf” pain into the
| beauty of that form, he hath deſtroyed withtheTofs
of *tis—origmat "Perfettion.”” Tt were—of--mach
{ advantage, faid Artemia, if the "Cholerick could
1 corme"to Tee the Towring Frowns of his own Brow,
{| arnd' Hts own fury affright"himſelT; if the finical
«s W4 + ov
ſee their own Follies. But wary Nature hath omit-
ted theſe ſmall advantages, to prevent more dange-
/rous inconveniencies ; for could the Vain reflect and
retort his Eyes, he would be enamoured of himſelf,
\court and adore his own ſhadow, which how de-
formed and monſtrous ſoever, yet his fond affetti-
'on would ſtill limit, and confine, to the ſole proſ-
; pect of himſelf, it is ſufficient hecan behold his own
: hands before another, or view his Life, and attend
ito his Actions, which may be as many, as perfect,
| {that he can ſee his own Feet, and know where to
direct them, »that he knows where to fix his
: foatſteps, on a ſecure, and firm Foundation, this is
;the chiefeſt, uſe to employ our Eyes. It is true, re-
'Plied Andrenio, but yet two Eyes ſeem to me too
' ſmall a Light for ſo ſpatious a Proſpect, and this
' animate and lively Palace could not have been bet-
! ter adorned then with ranks of this precious Furni-
ture, which fince they are but two, their order
/ might have been better diſpoſed, one fixed before,
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to ſee that which comes, and the other behind, to !
conſider what we have paſt. Some, ſaid Critilo,
have reproached Nature, and accuſed her of this
abſurd overſight, and faigning a Man more agree- /
able to their ſenſe , fixed his Eyes both behind and
before, which ſerved only to make hima Man of a
double Countenance , and more double 1n his ACti-
ons, then in his Sight. Were I to corre(t the
faults of Nature, I would place theſe Lights of the
Soul on each ſide, and over the Port-holes of His
Eirs, which Mowt&feither by day, nor night cloſe”
Le —
th&rFTids to the ſoftneſs of Sleep, that ſo they +
might ſe wittr whom they aſſociate and link their
ſides'in a Friendly familiarity,” fo would not many be /_
eaſily ſubject to the deadly Plurifie, a Diſcaſe;-as*3
5
Epidemical, as Mortal : ſo might Man, ſee with
whom he ſpeaks, know with whom he _ Rules* ::
vrtant for ife, it be- |.
ing better to be deſerted , and left to our own' |
heads, then to be ſubjeted ta The whiſpers of bad
advice”; biit know; thattwo eyes well employedare ”
moſt important for the Government of Li
_
ſufficient for our neceſſities, which looking forward,
ſpye the coming of bolder dangers, and with a re-
torted- glance ſee the timorous aſſault of backward '
Treaſons. One wink in an attentive beholder is: *
ſufficient to niake"Uiſcovery-in the moſt hidden Se-
crets; and therefore the eyeswere made inthe form \_
of Spheres, the moſt proper figure, and fitteſt for
ſight, they being of a ſquare have no corners to
dim any part or vertue of their light; their fituati-
on is proper alſo, both to look upwards, and be-
fore them,for if beſides our proper Eyes others were
ſet inthe hinder parts of the head,whilſt ſome looked
upwards towards Heaven, others might look to the
Earth and breed a ſchiſm, and diſſention in our Affe-
Cions:But another Wonder I have obſerved of _—_ |
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158 The Spaniſh Critick,
Haid Anlrenio, that In a fooliſh tenderneſs, and good
[Nature they diſſolve in tears, for what remedy is
'it to Weep , or can the ſhowres of our Eyes: pre-
{ vent, and drown our misfortunes ? let vs not 112h,
' but laugh at the World, and where onr Policy can-
4 Not avail us, 1ct our contempt, and ſcorn deſpiſe
' its Malice, Alas! ( ſaid Artemia ) the Eyes are the
' firſt Meſſengers of our bad news, who having the
: firſt notice, are the firſt Iamenters; who is not ſen-
fihle of troubles, is dead in a Stoicl:
Proverbs, ſtupidity, and who heaps up VWi-
| dom, heaps up Sorrow ; common
Laughter is moſt proper for the fooliſh Mouth ,
and that which offends moſt often, The Eyes are
the faithſul doors to let in Verity, in diſpoſing of
which Nature was fo ſ{crupulons and cautious,that ſhe
hath not only fixed themin the ſameorder,hut united
them in excrcile of the ſame act, ſhe ſuffers not one
to ſee alone, but makes one a Witnels for the other,
that they may conſent in the ſame operation; one
- cannot ſee white, and the other black, but are ſuch
| twins both in colour, and bigneſs, that one equi-
| ; yocates the other, and their agreement diſſembles
an Unity, In fine,ſaid Critilo,the Eyes are in the Bo-
_ dy, as thoſe grand Luminaries are in Heaven, and the
' Underſtanding in the Soul, they ſupply the defetts
of other Senſes, but all are notable to makeup the
infirmities and impertections of them. They do
not only ſce, but hear, ſpeak, demand, anſwer, con-
tend, affright, embrace, attract, conſider, and per-
form the a&ts and offices of all, and what is moſt
conſiderable, their vigor never abates by ſeeing, as
neither do the indefatigable pains of State Mini-
ſters, who are the Eyes, and ſight of the publick
Welfare. Methodically hath provident Nature ,
proceeded faid Andrenio, in reparting to eyery Sence;
| | their
T a PUR oe CLE
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their rank and order, as befits the Dignity and !
Honour of their ſeveral Excellencies, Some it
hath diſpoſed in the molt honourable Seats, and fix-
ed the ſublime operations of life in the publick
view, and cyc of the World, and contrarily ſeated
the homely and mean Works of neceſſity in more
occult places, the better with Modeſty to conceal
their uncomelineſs. Jn this, laid Critilo, ſhe hath
reconciled Honeſty with Decency, and particularly
in that convenient diſpolure of the Mothers Breaſts,
by which with much decency ſhe tenders nouriſh-
ment to the unweaned Infant, In the next place to the
Eycs, ſaid Andrenio, the Ears challenge theirdegree,
which are well diſpoſed in a rank 1o high, bur
their being placed on cach fide, ſeems, I mult con-
fels inconvenient to me , it being a means to lay
them open, and facilitate an entrance to introduce
Deceit: for as Truth always meets us face to face,
ſo Fraud, Traytor-like, crouds to one ſide, and
infinuates entertainment in tounwary Ears, Would
not, the Ears, be better and more ſecurely
ſGred under the Eyes? by which means they mighc
7 7 treacherous Spies,and call them to a Par-
ly, before they admit them into the Bowels of the
City? How well you underſtand it, ſaid Artemia,
were the Eyes in that place you ſpeak
of, that {inall remainder of Truth The Hearing.
would. be_baniſhed out of the Werld,
together with the reſt; let them rather be ſeparated
ten Fingers breadths from-the Sight, or placed in
the hinder parts, for that's not Truth 1s flattered
to our Faces, but what proceeds from Sincerity ,
and is without Paſſion , ſpoken behind our backs,
How well do you think Juſtice would proceed , |
ſhould ſhe fee that decency, which excules her , the ;
riches that defend her, the nobility which pleads |
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her cauſe, the authority which intercedes, and the
abilities of other Miniſters whoſe Rhetorick charms
| her Adverſaries ? It'is better, that ſhe is blind,and
moſt convenient for:her own, and others advantage :
Our Ears ſtand well in this Mean, not before, leſt
they ſhould hear too ſoon, not behind, leſt they
ſhould hear too late. Another thing, replied A4n-
drenio,, hath buſied and rroubled my thoughts to
reſolve , which 1s, that being the Eyes have the
conveniency of thoſe fringed Curtains, to bar out
the importunate entrance 'of unwelcome Spettacles,
_ a1d to cloſe themſelves againſt the view of diſplea-
_: ſing Objects: Why ſhould not alſo the Ears have the
'* ſame priviledge and ſhut a door againſt the ribaldry
. of vain diſcourſe , Hecome Serpents, "and deaf
E impertinent Follies, : and
tthe-entrance rclatiohs'6f bad news.and
(+ forrir” the chief deſtroyer ana Tuineof our Lives.
ot, I muſt confeſs, but condemn Natures Er-
Tor in this, eſpecially when I fee the Tongues raſh-
neſs curbed within the Wall of Reaſon, and as art
- unruly Beaſt unpriſoned within the Grates of Teeth,
and Doors of the Lips, Why then ſhould the
| Eyes and Mouth have this advantage , above the
Hearing, which ſeems more needful of it, as being
+ moſt ſubje&t to the danger of Errors? Upon no
terms, ſaid Artemia, will Nature conſent to ſhut the
free and open pallage of the Ears, which ſhould
always be ready to admit an entertainment to the
welcome acceſs and entrance of Inſtruction. $0
=_ Wiſe nature 1s not only content to unhinge
\Doors , and unlock the Bars which interrupt
< paſſage, but hath made them the only immove-
able parts of Man, as eſteeming the leaſt diverſion
: from their proper office, but time miſpent, and
leiſure prejudicial to Mans condition. Theſe watch,
and
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and every hour give audience, that when, the other
Sences wearicdly retire to their repoſe, and reſt ,
theſe careful Centinels of the Soul, attend their.
guards, and give alarum at'the approach of dar-
ger; the Soul might (leep in an eternal lethargy ,
were not this watchful Sence an early Waker atthe
mornings approach, There is this difference be-
tween Sight, and Hearing, that the Eyes ſeek the
Species of diſtin{t Objects, how and when they will,
but Sounds and Voices move firſt, and are received
without choice into the Organs of the Fars. The
Objects of Sight are permanent, and durable, and
though at preſent we ſee them not, yetthey vaniſh |
not away, and may be vilible at a ſecond review;
but Sound flies like time, and who..
meets not the Fore-lock in its ap- Pofeſt occaſoo
proaching ſteps. ſhall like bald Oc- cata.
caſion, too late ſeek detention in his mM
paſt progreſs; its proper. the Tongue ſhould haye
-a double fence, aridTined Walls to encloſe it, and Ph
the'Ears two paſſages of free entrance, for wegught |
in-prudence to hear Twice mote The ongues [
ſh6uld utter. - I am Tot ignorant, that the halt
hr Exre are Auditors is impertinent, and
fruitleſs, for which wiſe Men have a ſingular re-
medy, and that is by making themſelves deaf, or
compoling wiſe Mens Ears, which is a rare inven- |
tion and of great advantage for there are ſome ſhriil |
ſounds of unprofitable reaſoning without Reaion , "j
that ſo thin a covering as an Eye-lid would not be ;
ſifficient proof againſt its penetrating violence , |
and then we have need to ſtop our Hearing with |
both. our hands, whoſe actions as they often expreſs l
our Minds, and open the Ears of others, fo allo ' ;
are they helpful to ſtop our own: Let the Serpent | /
eo
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\ 1ing it cloſe to the: other , and the == ith þi
zewitchin 18. You
eny, urged A7e5is,that were - a guard
_ nthe car;therelwouldnot be ſo freea pal-
angeronsEnemies, for the hifſings of vene-
[ous Serpetrs,for Songs of deceitful $yrens,for flatte-
xi 'ring Schiſms, -Diſcords, and Diſſentions, and other
Neokmer croud to ger admiſſion at this entrance,
| or it
You have reaſon, ſaid Artemia,and therefore hath Na-
ture formed the Ears like a Colender, or Strainer of
{Words, making them almoſt rational and able to
judgeof Verity; and if you obferve, ſhe hath be-
= hand prevented this inconvenience, and form-
ed:the. organ of this .Sence with {o many turnes,and
/twines of Labyrinth, that they ſeem the Portcullis
/ and Trenches'of a Fortreſs, in which words are
* ſo drained and examined, that there is time and
/ opportunity faſſicient ro bring them to the rouch-
' ſtone and teſt of Reaſon. There is alſo within a
Bel], which beaten on by the Hammer of Words,gives
. a certain found of their Truth, or Falſity': Halt
thou never obſerved the bitrerne&. of that Chole-
rick humour which purgeth forth at thefe parts ;
and can you agree with the Vulzar Errors, that it on-
ly ſweats forth as Birdlime to dam up an entrance
from Flies, and blinder Animals ? Know that Nature
: had thoughts of higher preventions then theſe ,
- and intentions by this to detain t f
Circes, andthe ſmiling breath of the deceiving Elat-
rerer., whole Palates being diſpleaſed with this
: wholeſome bitterneſs, which is tempered with
| the unſavoury reliſh of diſcretion, are here ſtopped,
/ and retained: and therefore, conſidered Critilo, that
/ Surfet which many take with a glut of ſugred words,
i 1s only curable by this antidote of bitterneſs, So.
7
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fine,there are two Ears, that ſo a wiſe man may keep |
one unviolared,, though the other be affeted with |
Falſity ; for there is a firſt and a ſecond informati- |
on, that if 6ne EaF cllcd by a Too fo |
SRCIRET TEETER, HE, other” may be yet. conſeryed
for Truth, which is commonly maniteſted by the
IaterRCation. The" ſmelt; faid 4ndrenis; feems”
to ie'a Sence more delightful then profitable, and |
more requiſite to feaſt and in-
dulge our Genius, then to ſerve our Acute Sent,
neceſſities, and therefore it ſhould not
advance its ſelf to the third degree , and diſplace :
others of more importance. O yes ! replied gdrte- |
mia, for this is a Sence of greateſt acuteneſs, Und is
the reaſon why'the Noſtrils our whole life long are in
continual growth, and that through the ſame Organ
of our Noſtrils are breathed the reſpirations of life,
which makes our Smell as neceſſary as to live. This
diſtinguiſheth perfumed Odours,from the ditpleaſing
ſtenches of Corruption, ns Ye Soul with
the cyeanul-iragancy of good. Fame, which is the
nouriſhment of it;. a corrupted Air infuſeth -
a peſtifentions no1ſomneſs, and infection to the
Bowels, which a fagacions and acnte Noſe diſcerns,
and knows the comfortable refreſhments of a ſweer
Savour , and the danger of poiſonous Sents, and
Camerines of Cuſtoms, which uſe to envenome, an
.infeCt the Soul; it is the Guide of the Blind, and tcl!s
him what Mear is tainted, and what is wholeſome,
.and is our Taſter before we eat; it is that Sence
which only enjoys the fragrant reſpirations of
Flowers, and refreſheth the Brain with the odoriſe-
rous Smells of thofe Perfumes, which Vertues, Glo-
ry, and Fame fend ont from their natural ſivecet-
nels, We may know the principal Worthies of our
M 2 time,
164 The Spaniſh Critick.
time, in whom the Bloud of true, Nobility reſides,
' not by their Perfumed Skins, and Ambax. Ointments,
{ but by their Parts and PF xcellency of their Abilities,
! which caſt out a fragrancy of Odours from them,
; unlike the clowniſh blaſts of Garlicx,, which the
i Plebeian breaths. With much reaton, ſaid Andrenio,
/ hath provident Nature endued each Faculty with a
/ double power, beſtowing ſeveral Offices on one, not
; to multiply Agents: So that not only the Noſtrils
* ſerve for their principal uſe, but in a more ſervile
/ condition, are the channe] to convey away the
; Brains ſuperfluities, This 1s true, ſaid Criti/o,, in
! Children, but in Men of riper years, they rather
| ſerve for a channel to convey the paſlions, and. the
' ſivelling ventoſities of Vanity, which belch through
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them, and that Fmpoſtume-of the Head , which
uſually cauſeth a Giddineſs, and Meagrum, vents and
diſcharges it ſclf by this way. Through theſealſo
are caſed the oppreſlions of the Heart, and ſteams
evaporate from the Stomach. The Noe 1s a Fea-
ture that much adorns the proport1-
The Noſe. on of the Face, and 1s the Pin of the
Souls Dial, which points at the tem-
perature of its Nature; a Lions Naſe denotes Va-
Jour, an Eagles Beak Generoſity, a Long one Gen-
tlencſs, the Sharp Ingenuity , and- the Thick Fol-
ly.
Having already treated of Sight, Hearing , and
Smelling, the next, conſidered Andrento, is Speech.
The Mouth ſeems to me the principal Gate, an
Door of the Soul; for as through th
The Mouth. paſlage of the Sences, Objects. enter
— fo this is reſerved only with reſpect,
for the Mind to go forth, and to manifeſt her ſell
by
countenance , the Mouth is the Gate of its Royal
Perſon , and the Teeth the Guards, all ſet and;
compoſed in a decent rank, and order; in this re-/
ſides the beſt and worſt part of Man, which 1s his
Tongue, having its root radicated in the Heart.
There 1s one thing, ſaid Ardrenio, I have beaten my:
Brains to underſtend, What was the intent of wile
Nature in making our Speech and Eating to have
one and the ſame inſtrument for both operations ;
that our words , which are molt peculiar and 200+]
per to Man, ſhould dwell in the ſameoffice, w nere-|
in is ated and framed the vile occupation, and CX- |
ercile of Brutcs; were it only thoſe inconvenien- |
ces that procced from hence, it were enough to !
perſwade us of Natures overſio ht; were It only |
that change of the Tongues accent; which ſomes |
times ſpeaks ſmooth, and gentle, and anon with bit-
ternels, and choler breathes out ra aze , and va-
ries with the reliſh of material Food; this makes
the Tongue trip and ſtammer, equivocate and tikK
at large, that it were betrer this nobler Memb«.r
were {et apart, and coniecrated as a Temple of
the Souls Oracle, Hold , ſaid Critilo, the Argu-
ment you urge well, and a little more dificuliy
would puzzle my Realon to reſclve; bug howigever,
I appcal to the Providence of Heaven, which g0-
verns, and directs the Function of Nature; ad
theretore may boldly aftirm the conveniency wh ch
Speech erjoys, by joining Houſes, and Manſior's,
with their taſte, that fo the reliſh may examine and ')
tel] us the nature of our words, Hbeiore we pro- |
nome” them, inform ns how Tweet or bitter they 7
are;, Chewy and prove them, whether they be ſab- |
M 3 ſea attal,
The Spaniſh Critick. 165
by the help of her expreſſions. It 1s true, ſaid}
Artemia, for in this artificial compoſure of Mans|
.
© 1 wood "Is
1166 The Spaniſh Critick.
{ſtantial , and accordingly {ſweeten thoſe which
{ may embitter, and dreis, and comfett them for
| the Stomach of the receivers; beſides the Tongue
{ js employed 1n the taite and eating; for Speech
' well moderated, ought not to be fo long, but that the
inſtrument of 1t may attord time for other Du-
ties.
Aftions ought - to follow,or accompany our words,
2nd our hands readily to exccuce that which our
mouth promiſeth. Is it, ſaid Andrenio.,
Ditigent that the Hands are ca! ed 1 anus, from
Hands. Maneo, denoting by an antiphralis
their duty of continual employment,
They are called fo, replied Cris, not from their
continual employment, and unwearicd motion, but
from that conſtant permanency they NEE tO Fe-
tain in their travels, or becau:c ?'iwy are the Foun-
tain from Whence F iÞ __ Or Works of
* Manare, ro Piety, and they like branches from
flow. the Hearts roots, which are taden
with Fruit of famous, and immortal
Actions :--by.their.. Palms arc obtained victorious
Lavrels, and they are_the Source from whence di.
{iT the precious ſweat of heroick Labours, and the
= which memorizeih their Actions to all Polteri-
Doſt thon not conſider , aud admire their ar-
cial, and commotlious compoſure, which are as
om and Servants to the other Members, and are
fitted to ſerve all our neceſlities ? they help us to
hear, aſſiſt our Tongue, and give a life, and vigour
to our Attions; they adminiſter Meat to our Mouths,
Flowers to our Smell; they are proſpeCtives ta
; ſtrengthen our fight in a large view, and help ſome
+ ſo to diſcourſe and reaſon, as if their Genius and
' Wit were more lodged in their Hands , _— in
| [ clr
The Spaniſh Critich. 167
their brain. So that they are the officious Mini-
ſters' to all our Neceſſities, they defend us, clean us,
cloath us, cure, and protect us, and fometimes rub,
and caſe our itching : All which offices, ſaid Arte-
mia, becauſe they agree with Reaſon, Nature hath
ordained them in number , weight, and meaſure;
In the ten Fingers of the Hand conſiſts the begin-
ing and principals on which numbers are founded ;
SO that ail Nations count till they arrive to Ten , oy
atterwards proceed in Multiplication, Weight '
It ſelf is judged by waving with the hand, .aud |
gueſſing at its quantity, This punCtuality 1s necel- |
{ary tor information of Man who operates In num- |
ber, welght, and meaſure; and to raiſe ourthoughts |
yet higher , the Tables of the Law were includec
in Ten Precepts,that Men might not only carry them |
in their Heart, but that ſo ſmall a bulk might be
likewiſe portable in the Hand. Theſe put in exe- |
cution, the intent of the Soul , which are not im- ;
printed on thoſe common lines which divide the
Palmes, but ſignified and made manifeſt by their
own Works. Thele are they which form qur Let» |
ters, and with filence ſpeak in Writings, the threo |
principal Fingers concurring with an admirable dex- |
terity in the ſeveral Offices. the firſt fortites the |
Motion, the Thumb teaches, and the Middle as |
correſponding wich the Heart , rules and directs;
that our Writing may record the Teſtimonies of
Valour,Subtlety and Truth ſince then that the hands
put the Seal and Stamp on Vertue, It is no wonder |
if other Members of the body ſhould in Courtelie, |
and Eſtimation, ſeal them to their Lips, and give ;
them a B-ſolas Manor, in gratitude for their Works of ;
Vertue. And becauſe we now anatomatize Man 4%
and contemplate from head to foot his Myſtes
M + Our.
s
168 The Spaniſh Critick.
| rious being , it would not be from our pur-
| poſe to caſt our Eyes on his Feet, and conlider his
ſteps and progreſs as he moves ; the
' The firmn:ſs of Feet are the Pillars and Foundation
the Feet, on which the Body 1s eſtabliſhed, they
tread the Earth , and trample of it”
in contempt ; fey make It ferviceable-to- the Bo-
* dies burden, and meaſure out the paces of their ſtage,
; that they may tread on a plain, and ſecure founda-
: tion. I obſerve, faid Andrenio, and admire too the
firmneſs with which Nature hath planted rhe Body,
for leſt it ſhould fall forward, it hath placed the
- Feet before, nor ſtagger on cither fide, it hath un-
; derpropt it with equal ſupports; but yet you cannot
; deny,but ſhe hath negligenclyſoverſeen the dangerous
: Precipice of a backward relapſe, where the hands
: cannot with their uſual diligence apply themſelves
; to their help ; which inconveniency might be eaſily
; remedied by enlarging the ſame proportion of the
! Feet as much behind, as before. This is buta fond
| conceit, replied Artemia, for this would give Men
occaſion to retreat hackward from 'the path of
i Vertue, whoſe unconſtant humour being aptto re-
: tire, would give a fuller turn, had they tound in Na-
; ture encouragements tor this motion.
Such is the outward proportion of Man, and viſi-
ble Anatomy, whoſe harmony of powers, proporti-
; on of Vertues, agreement of affections, and paſli-
: Ons, 1s a more interjour inſpection, and muſt be
| referred to. Philoſophical concluſions. Yet above
t all, I would have you know, and admire that prin-
cipal part of Man, the Original of all the reſt ,
the Fountain and Spring of Life, which 1s the
Heart, ' The __ RI Andrenis , _ ?
FLO, tnat
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The Spaniſh Critick, 169
that? and where is it placed ? It 1s, anſwered
Artemia, the King of other Members, and therefore
1s placed in the Centre of his Domi- |
The Heart, nions, greatly and inwardly conſerved,
Cor, or Care; for that which rules and
governs,is always placed in the Centre. |
It hath alſo Offices, the one is to be the Fountain :
of Life, infuſing ſtrength and courage, by its Spi- !
Tit, into other parts, and the other, which 1s the '
principal, to be the cauſe of Affection, andin which '
are blown into a Flame the ſmalleſt ſparks, and :
warmth of Love ; and therefore, conſidered Criti-
lo, it is always ſcorched like the Phenix 3 and ts ?
place, proceeded Artemia, is fixed in the middle, '
denoting how much our AffeCctions ought bo be mo- |
derated, and not to exceed the bounds of Reaſon.
Its form is with a point downwards, as if an Indi-
viſibility were enough to touch the Earth, but up-
|
and is ſometimes in Latin called Cura, /
wards is of a ſpacious breadth, enlarging it ſelf to
receive the bounty -of Heaven, and greedy to ſuck
thoſe dews, which can only content, and fatishe
the Soul; it hath the Syfole, and the Diaſtole, Wings :
not only to fan or cool its boyling heat , but allo -
to raiſe it higher, and make it ſoar to the upper
Region; its colour is ruddy and ſanguine, the Em- |
blem of Charity, and from hence ſprings the beſt
Bloud, to ſhow that noble Perſons ſhould be qua-
lified with beſt Hearts. It was never ſo unworthy
as to becray, though ſo indiſcreet as to erre , by
being more careful to prevent misfortunes , then *
cautious againſt the ſurprize of Felicity ; but what
we ought moſt to eſteem, 1s its cleanneſs, not en-
gendring Excrements , like the crude digeſtion of {|
ether parts, it having an obligation on it of Purity, }
.. eſpecially
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170 The Spaniſh Critick,
eſpecially in the formality of Life, which wakes it
breathe and pant after the moſt ſublime perteCtion,
In this manner let us leave the wiſe Artemia in Philo-
ſophical diſcourſes, applauded by the Acclamations
of her Scholars, whilſt we conſider the inventions,
and policy of deceiving Faliſmund.
Who being vext, for the eſcape of Andrexio, and
ſome others, as blind as he, from the toyles of his
I abyrinth, both out of ſence of ſcandal to his Reputa-
tion,and alfo of that ill coni{equence it might bring by
its example,made him trcat of the fulleſt extremity,
and excels of revenge. To which purpole he dealr
firſt with Envy, the alſaſlinate and deſtroyer of the
Good, a ſubject fit to be made ACtor of the moſt
horrid Vullanies, and to her he communicated the
ground of his diſtaſtes, and entruſted to her Art
the ſowing of the Weeds of Malice, and planting
thjs Root of Anger amongſt the rabble and ſcum of
Vice. This was not a Work very difficult to ſo
Sk:1ful an Artiſt, being aſliſted alſo; by that acquain-
tance and familiarity which Malice had obtained
£mongſt the Vulgar, by a long habitation 1n their
homely Cottages, ever ſince which time, bad Inten-
tion, the Mother of the two Siſters, Flattery and
Malice, drew out their brood from the neſt of their
nothing, to advance them with as much Ambition
' 2s the molt aſpiring Vice: So Flattery fled to the
Court, not the direct way, but yet at laſf arrived
there, where ſhe was introduced with the welcome
entertainment of all, that in few hours ſhe became
intimate and privy to all Conſults; but Malice had
not ſo good encouragement, or hopes to Prefer-
ment, being neither well ſpoken of nor courteouſly
looked on, an affront ſuficient to burſt with rm
cr
The Spaniſh Critick. 7h
her haughty Stomach, and her Speech and Liberty
being reſtrained, and uncivilly treated, ſhe took a
reſoJution of voluntary Baniſhment, and changed
her ſtation to inhabit with rhe rural Clowns, where
ſhe was received with a dull kindneſs, and adored
with a devotion of fond fimplicity. There ſhe
might triumph, becauſe ſpeak, diſcourſe at larte,
and in rude appellations vent the rancour of Ma-
lice, which ſhe calls the plain dialect of evident
Truth ; with this Policy ſhe inſinuated fo much into
the eſteem of the people, that they reſolved to
reſerve her, from any that might raviſh her from
them;and therefore, have buried her within their own
Bowels, where thoſe are ſure to find her, who leaſt
deſire her. In this opportune conjuncture came Envy,
who began to ſow her Seeds, and to affect peo-
ple with a fence of anger againlt Artemia, She
called her another Czrces, or one worſe, and that
ſhe would appear moſt deformed, were that cloak
of Pretenſionas itript from her nakedneſs. That
ſhe had deſtroyed Nature, robbed her of her true
Solidity, and plain Simplicity, and by a fond af-
feqtation, defaced her original Comel:nels; taxed
her of Ambitious Covetoulſneſs, in depreſſing Na-
ture, and uſurping the Birthright of a Legitimate
Heir. Know that fince the Government of this
feigned Queen hath been introduced 1n the World,
all is adulterated and corrupted ; fo that every
thing bears another Face, her whole proceedings
being efiects of Fraud and Falſity : hence it is that
Men are not what they were wont, nor worthy to
be accounted the Race of former Ages; for Anti-
quity, as it 1s venerable, ſo it is beſt, and Men
with time grow worſe, having loſt the candid ſim-
plicity of Infants ,. are alſo ſtript of that Ay
an
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172 The Spaniſh Critick.
and Badge of Innocency. Farewel that noble Of
ſpring of antient Worthies, thoſe defenders of
Truth, and Solidity , whole Yea, was Yea, and
No, no: but now contrarily Men are become ma-
litions and revengetul, all is Deceit, and Policy,
which they ſtile with the honourable Title of At.
tifice; fo that he who is moſt dextrous in this,
hath the greateſt advantage in all exerciſes, he | is
renowned both in Arms, and Science, and to this
pitch and heigth hath Sin proceeded, that Malice
1s now more predominant in a Child of ſeven years,
then formerly in a Man of Seventy. Women from
bo to toe; are a continued tale and blot of Falſity,
$ ſpruce and pert they are as Daws, full of Policy
and alluring Fraud z this feigned Queen ſubverts
Republiques, deſtroys Families, exhaults the moſt
immenſe Treaſures, gives encouragement to the
vanity of Modes, and Faſhions, and conſumes more
in the adorning of one Womian, then formerly was
required to cover and cloath a N ation, with the ho-
neſt and ſimple Garments of Neceſſity. In our
Diet ſhe hath taught us to vitiate our Palates with
luxurious Diſhes, of which formerly our {implicity
was Ignorant, and knew no more then to fatisfic
Nature, and not by adulterated Meats to provoke
Appetite to be overcharged in Gluttony : ſhe boalts
that Men are not Men but by her poliſhment, who
© only makes them vitiousand diſlolute, blinding their
Eyes with falſe Apparitions, giving no occaſion for
their Judgement to interpole it ſelf, as a Sun to
{catter theſe Clouds of Falſity. With theſe ſcan-
dalous reproaches, ſhe ſo incited the revenge of
her vile Multitude, that a!l with an unanimous con-
ſent conſpired to ruinate her Palace, exciaiming ,
and crying, Let the Witch die, An4 ſcarce could
| Mode-
The Spaniſh Critick. 7s
Moderation prevail to keep off theſe Flames,which
threatned its Aſhes. With this the Wiſe Queen
« perceived the Vulgar to be her enenyes, and though
the preſence of daring Champions were then want-
ing, her own Policy ſupplied the defect. But the
manner of her Conqueſt, and the Stratagems by
which ſhe triumphed, and was delivered from the
dangers of the baſe and rude Rabble,is delivered ith
the following Criſes.
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''”"TT is the vulgar Error of prepoſterous Man to
| make Ends of the Means, and Means of the
'End; for that Country which ſhould only ſerve for
: makes that his Inn, which ſhould only be the way
—» of his Pilgrimage : Men often begin where they
ſhould end, and end where they ſhould begin.
Wiſe and provident Nature introduced delights for
diverſion, whereby the operations of life might be
eaſed,, and aleviated, and we enabled to run the
Didigns courſe of this World without faintneſs, or
; diſcouragement; but here it is, where Man doth
| moſt confound, and diſhonour himſelf, becomes more
| Brute than the Beaſts, degenerates from himſelf, in
\ making an epicurial pleaſure the ultimate term, and
\ his life ſubſervient to a beſtial appetite « he eats
| not now that he may live, but he lives that he may
; eat, bereſts.not to.recover new. ſtrength for next
; days labour, but labours not that he may be inſcn-
fibly ſurprized with drowſineſs; his Luſt provokes
' him not to an intention of propagating his own
Species, but of indulging his Luxury ; he _
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The Spaniſh Critick, 175
' dies not to know, bnt to forget, and be acquaint-
ed with himſelf ; he makes not uſe of his Tongue
for neceſſity, but to pleaſe himſelf with the vanity
of his own talk, ſo that he makes not Recreations a
means to continue life, but his life a means to con=
tinve pleaſure ; hence it 1s, that all Vices have made
Delight their General; this 1s the Defender of the
Appetite, the Captain of the Paſſions, which vio-!
-lently drags Mento accompany Sin, and lays a force;
on their yielding Afffections z let then the wiſe Reas'
der obſerve, and tearn to reform this common ab- i
furdity, and that he may be admoniſhed by the mis- |
fortunes of another, let him obſerve thoſe acci-
dents which happened to the diſcreet Cratilo, and.
unwary Anarento.
How long, ſaid angry Artemis, (then moſt con-—-
ſtant, when moſt diſturbed ) ſhall the negle&t of
this incult Vulgar,deſpiſe, and contemn my LeCtures?'
How-'long fhall inhumane batbarity reproach - and
ſcornmy Wiſdom ? How long will it be before
your owntgnorant audacity ſhall confound it ſelf ?:
By Heaven I fwear, that inte: your |
boldneſs hath proceeded to this unci= The puniſhment
vil Language. as to ſtile me with of Fools.
the name of (Enchantreſs, and 1
Circes ; this very night in chaſtiſement of
your Folly, I will raife ſo powerful a- Conſpiracy,
that the very Sun ſhall revengemy Quarrel;who with-
drawing the comfort of his. bright rayes,ſhall com-
mit you to the puniſhmentof thick darkneſs, which
is the blindneſs of your own Vulgarity. Thus did
ſhe treat them as their Folly deſerved ; for knowing :
that in baſe Spirits ſeverity prevails more then cour- |
teſie , ſhe ſtroak in them a terror of her power ? ,
| rat
n
,176 ' The Spaniſh Critick.
and {6 amazed them with the perſwaſion that her
/ Fame was obtained only by Magick Enchantments ,
' that they grew cold and faint in their purpoſes ,
| and changed the reſolution of allaulting her Palace.
; -Their Courage began then to fail them, when they
ſaw the Sun really to withdraw his Light , and by
Points to eclipſe himſelf in their Hemiſphere, fear-
-ing an Earthquake might follow, as uſually the Ele-
ments conſpire to perfect the deſtruction of a fal-
ling Adverſary ; thus all diſcouraged fled, as 1s or-
77 4dinary in all commotions of the people, whoſe fud-
[j- [den InfurreCtions ralfed 1 with heat, and fury, as
. . : .
| weed their Swords one nnſt .oreag and ſo
| ended the War in a miſerable. ſlaughter. By this
' Victory Artemiz found opportunity with the reſt of
| her inſtructed Family to eſcape from the midſt of
- theſe barbarous Incendiaries, and to deliver the
Treaſures of curious obſervation, and Jewels invelo-
ped in the eternal and metnorable Writings of un-
| periſhable Philoſophers; 'and other eſteemed leaves
: from the rapacious hands of _ envious Ignorance,
And fo went they forth, aſliſting with Inſtructions
our two Travelers Critils and Andrexio 3, the latter
of which amaze at. {o ſtrange a Miracle, beheved
her Magick extended ſo far as to influence the Stars,
+ and that the Sun it ſeIf was obedient to her Charms,
which:made him the more TEVErence and adore her,
; and even to over act his-part in the praiſes he gave
: Her: But Critilo undeceived him, telling tim, that this
: Eclipſe of the Sun was but an effect of the Celeſtial
- motion,. which Artemiz foreſceing by her Aftrono-
- mical knowledge, took advantage of this occaſion,
| calling that thepower of her Art, which was only
' the effeft and courle of Nature. Ar
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The Spaniſh Critick. Z BI7:
Artemia conſulted much with her learned Diſci- /
ples, in what part of the World to fix her reſi-/
dence, all agreeing in an_unanimous reſalution no }/
more to efiter into Country Villages, and therefore; |
propounded divers places for their ſecure and con-
venient habitation : many times ſhe propounded
Lubon, not only for being the molt
populous place of Spain, but one al- Zibon,
ſo of the three Empires of Exrope ;
for if other Cities have ſome appellations from their
chiefeſt excellencies, in this may be united, and
meet the Glories of all as in a common Centre, and
bear the name of faithful, rich, healthful, and aboun-
dant; for never was a Portugues a Fool, whole firſt ||
Founder was the wile Ulyſſes: tor was the fantaltt- : | |
cal*tiimour of the Nation ſo much an obſtacle to
her entrance, as was the confuſion there, which 1s |
contrary to the quietneſs which Speculation re- |
quires, Again, ſhe caſt her thoughts upon the
Royal Madrid, the Centre of Monar- : |
chy, where Perfe&tions concur to the _— 5: Sha Ws
hieght and chiefeſt eminencies,but yer 7," Mt 4
ſhe could not fix her choice on that ;
which her Stomach nauſeated, not ſo much loathing
the filthineſs of the Streets, as the mire of cor- /
rupted Hearts; for beſides the prejudice ſhe boar to |
it, for being a Village, ſhe wasns tefs difpteatedwith
if, for being the Babylon of Nations of different In-
erelts, Sevill was no ſooner nomina-
ted , but it diſpleaſed her, Cove. 7% Fleet for-
merly came up
touſneſs and Lucre being enemies, ,, cn
with whom ſhe admits no Treaty *,
and that indigeſted Stomach of her Plate was highly
diſpleaſing; her Inhabitants are neither black uor
white, but as the twilight of Nature {tand as Neu-1
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178 The $paniſh Critick,
| rersto Truth and Falſity ; they ſpeak much, and per- _
form but little, which is the common diſcale-of
| Andaluzia. Upon Granada the made
Granada, her Croſs, and Cordova ſhe called
Caluary. Salamanca reads the Pan-
| Cordovs, dects of the Laws, and makes Men ra-
Telanenrs. ther Learned then Wie, teaching
Men to plead at the Bar, and in what
manner to form a Battery againſt Riches. She once
Zaragoza, the Metropolis of Aragon,
the Mother of a famous Line of Kings,
the Supporter of the great Pilſar,and
the Baſis of- Faith, famous tor Convents, and Indow-
ments of the Church, beautiful in magmiſicent Edi-
fices, - and populated with the Religious Inhabi-
Z4rag02h.
| tants of nudeceiving Aragon ; but the haughtineſs of
' their Spirits was a fault outweighing her other Per-
fetions,and that kind of original Folly which mixed
with all her actions, were no leſs diſpleaſing and un-
grateful. The chearful, noble, and flouriſhing Valentis
abounding with all, that is not ſubſtance , was the
next propounded to her election, but here ſhe fear-
cd that with the ſame caſineſs where-
' Palemia. with to day they received her, to
morrqw they would eje& her. Bar-
celona, though Rich, :and when it ſhall ſo pleaſe
Heaven, the ladder to ſcale the Ttali-
an Fortrefles, the ſtop of Golds con=
tinual currant and motion, the ſan(tu.
ary of. the Judicious amidſt Barbarity , was not yet
eſteemed a ſecure retirement, being-a place where
we muſt always walk with our Beard:
turned over our Shoulders. Leox
and- Brrgos were lituations too near
the
Barcelona.
Leon, 4nd Bur-
god.
The Spaniſh Critick. 179
the Mountains, having more in
them of Miſery then Poverty. Santiago FYalladolid.
diſpleaſed her in nothing, but being
in Galitia, Valladolid ſeemed a place not 1nconve-.
nient for her dweliing, and there. ore dc te mined ro
journy thither, ſuppoling Truth could no. but ita.
bit with plain ſimplicity ; but the prcj.idice ſhe con-'
ceived againit the Court, diverted tier irom hence,
( having been formerly the Court of Spazs ) and {till
retaining too freſh a memory and 1a-
vour of her paſt condition. Of Pam- Pamplona.
plona was made little mention, being |
a place like to Navarre , conſiſting of nothing but
Points and PunCtilio's. - In fine, by the Electon of
this Catholick Queen, was preferred
the Imperical Toledo, conteſſing ſhe Toledo,
was never ſo paſlionately affectionate |
to any Seat as to this, For this is the Forge where
Men are faſhioned, this is the School of Rheto-
rick, all Court, and City, and more (ute the ſpunge
of Madrid, hath ſucked out the dregs from theace :
Corruptions may chance to enter here, but not. re-
main, In other parts many have tacir Wits 1a their
Hands, but here in their Forehcads. And thongh |
the cenſure of ſome is, that Toleds never produced
any of a profound and deep Judgment , howſoever
Artemia kept Itiil conſtarit to her re{olution and
choice, extolling its Wiſdom aud Learning, ſaying,
That one Woman there hath ſpoke more pith and |
ſubftanice in a Sentence, then a grave Philoſopher of
Athens, 11 whole Volumes of his \* ritings. Letns, |
ſaid ſhe, haſten thither to the Centre of Spain, not |}
for its ſituation, but for the real confluence and
concourſe of all Vertues. Thus travelled ſhe on
with her diſcreet Attendants, among!t whom were
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Critilo and Andrenio, who with no ſinall advantage
and improvement to their Judgments, kept them
company until they came to that way which leads
to Madrid, and there taking their leave with many
acknowledgments and expreſſions of gratitude, ac-
quainted her what important occaſions called chem
to the Court in ſearch of Felifinda; ſhe therefore
giving them her BenediCction,armed them againſt all
Aſlaults, with neceſſary Inſtructions, telling them
; withal, that ſince they were reſolved to go thither,
they would be careful not to miſtake their way, becaule
there are many Paths which lead thither, By this
means, replied Azdrenio, we cannot Err, ſince all
Faths direCt the ſame courſe. This 1s the great
danger, ſaid Artemis, for amongſt ſo many Roads 1s
the moſt difficult choice of a ſecure paſlage z for
many have been loſt in the Royal High-way. Go
not therefore by the way of curiolity.1n ſceing, for
that is the Road of Fools,nor. yet by that of preten-
a ot,
tion, for that way is long, and tedions, ard few
there are which obtain the end : nor by the way of
$ures,_ or Contentions in Law, for it is always
' chargeable and the journy Jong ; the way of Ambi-
rion is unknown, and thoſe who fol-
; Fntrances to low ts are difrefpetted,, .and that of
the Court, Intereſt is an vnbeaten-Path,.. trad by
none ut 1gnorant. Forraigners.,.that
of Neceſſity 1s dangerous,..being environed by mul-
titudes of Hawks and Birds of Prey ; that of De-
' Tight and Senſuality is ſo foul andUtrty; that from
;, onr Knees we ſtep up to the Ears, and thus bemi-
| red we are plunged and ſtopt in our pro eſs, the
; way of living 1s-bot ſhort, and you ſha
[
ſoon ar-
rive at the end ; that of Servitude 1s Death, that
_ of Eating hath no end, and-that of -Vertye is-un-
known :
The Spaniſh Critick, IS1
known, and in this ambiguity you have no way
but to abide there as little as you can ; for believe
me, in Madrid a Man can neither live well, nor die
well. Obſerve above all, where you enter, for
many come in by Sante Barbara, and ſome by the
Street of Toledo: ſome of refined Spirits paſs the
Bridge, and others come in by the Pmertz del Sol,
and ſtop in Anton Martin, ſome come in by Laz.
Pies, but more by Vnta manos, but the moſt ordina-
ry paſlage is not by the Gates, which are few, and
thofe ſhur. With this parted the wile Artemia2 to
the Throne of her Eſtimation, and our two T ra-
velilers to the Labyrinth of the Courr, --
And ſo travelled they together, eaſing their jour- ”
ny with diſcourſes they made of the admirable Ex-
cellencies of Artemia , whoſe ſtrange Miracles and
Prodigies made them glory in her Power, and in:
the happineſs and advantage they had obtained by
her profitable Society, To theſe thoughts they
were 1o intent, that unſenſibly they fell into one of
the moſt dangerous Snares,and Adventures of Life ;
for ona ſudden they ſaw a numerous multitude both
of Menand Women, bound and mannacled, whilſt
Thieves robbed and ranſacked their Cofters. We
are undone, fald Cr:tilo, for we have now ryn our
ſelves unawares into the hands of
Robbers, who uſually ſwarm in this The Univerſal
Road : here they are now pillaging Kodbery.
and were they ſatisfied with the Spoils
alone, it were well, but are ſo cruel, that they Rob -
and Murder, and afterwards deface the countenanc: |
of the Slain with Wounds and Scars, that they are ;
not to be known who they are. Andrenio was {01
terrified at this, that fear had already deprived
him of his courage, and colour,, but recovering
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: himſelf a little; What ſhall we do, ſaid he? Shall
: we ily, Or hide our ſelves from their ſizht? You
: Phrygian,or inconſiderate like, replied Critilo, Pro»
; pound la.e Remedies, their Eyes have already diſ-
* Covered us, and their Voice commands us under
' their power, where:ore we mult now go forward,
| 3nd be contented to ſubmit our hands and necks to
' their Chains, they looked on one ſide and the other,
and ſaw a maltitndeof paſſengers of all conditions,
Nobility Commons, Rich, and Poor ; nor was their
kindneſs more indulgent to the Women, for they
were all bound and corded to the Trees of them-
ſelves. At the ſight of this horrid Spectacle Cri-
tilo and Andrenin ſighed , and paſſed through the
'Spolls to ſee who thoſe crue] Aflaſſinates were, but
could not come to have a fu!l ſight of any; they
beheld one and another, all iecmed to be involved
'tn the ſame misfortune, and yet none knew who had
enſnared them ; at length , eſpying an 1l] looked
Fellow, they 2! concluded that he was one. This,
..faid Andvenin, mnſt be he, with that unlucky look,
\; and ſnch alſo muſt be his Soul, You may gueſs what
you wi'), replied Critilo,of his equivocating eye; and
''vet methinks I am more afraid of that ſquinting
| Fellow, for may we believe Artemia, they never ſhoot
7 with the aim of Reaſon , takecare of a pouting
| Ling. tor tl thoſe are. tbvays of.a_ ſurly and__moroſe
umour ; that” other with a flat Noſc promiſeth
\7Cruelty and danger in his diſpoſition; he with a
'tawny Face, looks like a Maſter of Bridewel, and he
j | with a ſmrling Look puts me 1n mind of the Hang-
{| manat Tyb»rne and that other bluſtering Boy, and
' angry Brow, ſeems always to threaten a Storm and
j| Tempeſt ; then'they heard another ſpeak with low
[| ena T his, ſaid they, muſt nceds be a perſon,
W ho
The Spaniſh Critick. +183
who admoniſhes us of what we ſhould beware; but he
was one, who fucked up his words with a Hum atid |
a Hau, and as * drew in his Breath, he ſiydlowed |
down "att They heard Anorher ſnuff I A
the Noſe... ey ayoided 2 Tor that
hy 7 the ſe oe PR him'a true In
of Bacchy , and Venus ; they met with andther
worſe, who Tpoke ſo hoarſe, that he could only be ©
underſtoo1 through a Trunk. In this manner they.
examined all, nor yet among theſe Captives did
they elpy any one who had committed the Spoll,
What means this, faid they , What 2re become of
thoſe pillaging Rogues who have rifled theſe Pal:
ſengers? Since none are here of thoſe who can
Steal by the ſhipping of the Sifſers, or that can
leave us naked, whilſt they cloath ns, or unfeather
our Neſts, whilſt they enwrap us in the quiits, who |
can miſtake their yard, when they
meaſure, and bear down thcir Seales The Common
without weight, who is it rules here, Kobbery, © *
who borrows, who recovers, who
exccutcs , doth none deteCt the fantts of the Mer-
chandize, doth none intice the Cuſtomers, are there :
no Miniſters, nor SCIIVEners, no Keepers of Bopks? |
Why who thetrRobs ? Where are theſe Tyrants of
ſo much Liberty ? Scarce had Critils ſaid thus, but
ſomething between a Woman and an Angel, anſiyer-
ed him, Hold, I go: and having newly bound two
confident Preſiimers, She was 35 I ſay,a beautiful Wo-
man, not rude, and unfaſhioned , but of a courtly
| behaviour, fable, and courteous: ſhe ſhowed 2 fair |
face , and outſight to all, but evil ations. 'Hzr
Fore head 1 was more ſmooth. then ſerenc ;, ſhe laok- !
ed*on none with-an ill eye, "and yet all were en- /
chanted with her bewitching emiſſions ; ie: Noſtrils :|
N 4 were ©
. 184 | The Spaniſh Critick.
: were white, which was a ſign that ſhe was not ill
. affeCted with Fumes, and Vapors; her Cheeks were
: Roſes without Thorns, her Teeth when ſhe ſmiled
- and laughed at the World ſhewed like ſo many rows
' of Pearl, or Ivory. The Knots ſhe tied with ſuch
' air, and negligence, thar her dexterity and art ap-
peared pleaſant, and her very ſight was enough to
captivate ; her Tongue doubtleſs was of Suxar, for
her words diſtilled Ne&Gar, and her twa Hands made
ſigns of affeftion, for never did ſhe extend a real
- hand in friendſhip, though ordinarily her Arms
' made indiſſo]uble twinings, with coanterfeited em-
* braces, the more eaſily to entrap and entangle in
" her ſnares; ſo that none could probably ſuſpett an
Aſpect ſo promiſing to be guilty of Thetc or Rob-
bery : Nor was ſhe alone, but aſſiſted hy a flying
Squadron of Amazons, beautiful and aCtive, which
continually bound one, or other, executing the Com-
mands of their ſupreme Lady. But it
Al Fools. is well worth our obſervation, that
the Captives they mannacled, had the
| election of their own Bonds, and many ſo willingly
ſubmitted to the Sexvitude, that they brought their
; Chains with them; ſome were fettered with Chains
of Gol1, others with Lockets of Diamonds, an
- Invincible tackling for ſich feeble Captives; many
they bound with Garlands of Flowers, and others
| - as their humour pleaſed them, with Roſes, for only
; to encircle their Brows was an Enchantment ſuffici-
+ ent to enfeehle their hands; another they ſaw tied
: with one Lock of a fair and golden Hair, which
' though 2t firſt he thought to rend with the ſmalleſt
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dinarily were bound with Threads of Pearl, with
Bracelets of” Coral, and embroidered Ribons, 'which
ſeemed ſomething, and their value nothing. The
Couragious, and Valientons of the World; after
ſome few bravadoes and bluſtering words, conten-
tedly ſubmitted with the reſt to the loſs of Liber-
ty : and what 1s very admirable they enticed many
of their Comrades with Feathers, and Plumes, and
theſe were in a Priſon the moſt ſecure of any;
perſons of greater quality, they pretended to man-
nacle with ſmall twiſts, from whence hanged Shells,
Keyes, and Links, which bound them ſo falt, that
their whole ſtrength could not break them ; there:
were Bolts of Gold for ſome, of Iron for others, all}
being equally content, and as ſafely ſecured ; but
nhat Laduired moſt was thats waning Chai
to impriſon their numerous Ca tives. the _CoM- |
mifted iame to the Bonds. of. ainens "embraces, |
which though, but feeble, - were-yet__the Chains of -
og moſt Fm uſtous Ch AE 4] Hercules , Was en-
na
hairs, they cut a—_— JAE own head. One they would |
have bound with-a Chain of Gold , which he him- |
{elf brought with him z but the extre-
mity of his Covetouſheſs would not Coverou,
endure the coſt, but deſired rather the |
cheaper courteſie of the Rope 3 another companion :
of his, they pinioned with the Strings of his own |
Purſe,one they bound with his own Storks Neck,and |
another with his Eſtridges Stomach. till they could ſe- |:
cure others with links of ſavoury Sallats, who were ſo ;
much pleaſed with their Fetters,that the very licking |
f their Fingers wasa pleaſure tothem ; ſome grew |
franc with joy to ſee themſelves fettered with
awrel and Ivy Wreaths; which is not fo _—_ as |
at:
and Sampſon. with. ſome hed
. 186 The Spaniſh Critick.
| that others ſhould turn fools at the melody of their
| own Muſick. In this manner theſe wanton Robhers af-
/ failed, the innocent and unwary Travellers, enſnaring
' the Feet of ſome, fettering the Necks, and Hands,
of others, binding their Eyes, carried them away
as Spoils, robbing and depriving them of their
Hearts, But what madea Tragedy of theſe comick
Scenes, was one who wounded the hands of thoſe
ſhe bound, devouring, and gnawing
Enviow. their Bowels, making their torments
the delight of others, and Hell and
the Wrack, a Paradiſe and Glory of their Ene-
- mies, Another there was ſa prittily furious,
' that ſhe ſtrained the Cord unril the Blond ſtarted
forth; at which they were fo much pleaſed, that
they drank it in full Bowls to ſeveral Healths; and
what 4s moſt pleaſant, after they had bound ſo ma-
-,ny, they would perſwade theſe "filly perſons that
they had touched none, But they coming now to
exec:te the ſame on Critilo and *Angrenio, and ask-
ing them with what Fetters they would chooſe to be
mannacled z Andrenia as young and inconſiderate,
ſuddenly reſolved them, and rotd them with Flow-
ers, believing that this would rather be 2 Garlaud,
then a Fetter, or Binding; but Critifo ſeeipg there
was no way to refift, defired they would tre Angre-
io to him with the Strings of ſome-antient, and
; Oraculous Volumes, which though it ſeemed a new
ſort of Binding , yet in fine they, were contented,
_ - and fo ſatisfied his defires. -
-3 Andnow this courteous and wanton Tyrant com-
' manded they fhonld beat a March, with which ſhe
, 2 carried her Spoils in triumph, and yet with ſo much
gentleneſs, that though they were dragged with
Chains, yet being rivetted to the Socket of their
5: Hearts,
Hearts, they fo volanterily followed,
and ſubmitted to their contented Ser- The Ten of the
vitude; that there was no need to Worl/,
enforce obedience on ſich willing
Slaves; for ſome poſted on the Wings of Wind ,
others ſlidcd along with a good Air, the moſt
' ſtumbled as they went, and all were involvedin} inex-
tricables roils. ;They ſoon arrived at the Gates of
a place, which neither was a Palace, nor yet a Cot-
tags, bat thoie that underitood it beſt, cailed it an
Jan; theic entertainment was not on free quarter,
nor the Ho :ite lent them longer then tor a nights
repoſe. The building was Stone, and of ſo
attractive a Vertue , thar it drew the Hands ,
the Feet, the Eyes, the Tongue, the Heart, as if
theſe Members had been Iron, and thoſe Walls the
Loadſtones of pleaſure, cemented ſo cloſe and ſtrong,
as if Pearls had been a principal ingredient in that -
Morter. This pleaſant Inn without doubt was the
Centre of Delight, the Paradife of Content, and
a Maſs of thoſe delitious Enjoyments which Senſua-
liry could invent. The golden Palace of Nero, in
which he turned Stcel into Gold, . was but a Cottage
in reſpect of this; the reſplendence of Eliogabalus
his Houſe, was obſcured and benighted by the'glo-
ry and brightneſs of theſe Beams, and the very
Caſtic of Sardanzpalus, was 12 compariſon hereof a
Stye or Dunghil of its own Beaſthneſs; Over the
Gate was enzraved tnis Motto, The Delightful ,
Gaod i prof! table and Hoxett. Cc ritzlo ruminating
on the inſcription; This, faid he, is to be read
backwards, How backwards , replied 4ndrenio ? |
I cead it forward, But if -you read it. backward ,
it goes thus, The Hoxeſt Good, is Profitable and-De-
lightful. But L ſhall not diſ] pute of this, only give:
me
The Spaniſh Critick, 187
lf 193 The Spaniſh Critick.
\ me leave to ſay it is one of the moſt delightful
| places thy eyes have ſeen. Whatanexcellent Fancy
| had that Builder who contrived it! In the Front
' there of were ſeven Pillars,agd though the odd num-
| ber might ſeem to carry ſome diſproportion init,yet
it was in emulation af that which Wil-
dom had erefted. Theſe gave an en-
| Zouſe wiſdom France to ſeven other lodges or habita-
' buiitupen Se- tions of Princes,whoſe Agent this Prit-
| ven Pillars, ty Robber was; ſo that al! thoſe which
| ſhe captivated, ſhe lodged and quar-
[tered ſo much to their contentment, that every one
| had the election of his own Priſon, Many enter-
ed by the Chambers of Gold, called
The Chambers 1o, becauſe they were covered with
of Vice. Golden Shingles; and Beams of Plate
the Walls were of pretions Stones ;
'it coſt much to get up thither, and when they were
/ above, all the pleaſare was with Stones. The high-
' eſt'and moſt lofty Rooms were the moſt dangerous,
| yet notwithſtanding the graveſt Heads were the
moſt forward to mount thither, The loweſt quar-
./ ter was the moſt convenient and delightful; for the
; Walls being of Sugar, were eaten into , or moul-
| . dred away, the Morter was tempered with exqui-
\ | ſite Wines, and the Clay kneaded into Bisket ; ma-
'Þ ny crouded to get in here, who affeCted to be eſteem-
ed Men of the higheſt Guſto and Palate, and had
'| reduced eating to a'Science. On the contrary there
{| ; was another Room furniſhed with red, and paved
| with Daggers; the Walls were of Steel, the Doors
[1 | beſet with Fire-Arms, the Windows were Portholes
| / for Cannon, and from the Ceeling, inſtead of xfo-
| faick Work , hung down dangerous Knobs, threat-
ning the” death of the careleſs Lodgers,and yet _
wante
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wanted not Gueſts, though they paid the Hire with '
their own Bloud, Another Chamber there was
painted blew , whole excellency conſiſted in dimi-
niſhing or ſhadowing the comelineſs and beauty of
others, The Furniture hereof was of Dogs and
Grifhns, and gaping Mouths of Wild Beaſts, and
the Materials were Teeth, not of an Elephant, but |
of a Viper, and though it boar a fair outſide, yet
they ſay the inward parts of the Walls were periſh-
ed hy ſome internal corroding quality. Eut the
Room moſt uſeful of all, was on a plain Fioar,
which though it had no Stairs to go up it, was yet.
full of Seats and Benches, and well furniſhed with
Chairs and Cuſhions, It ſeemed a houſe of China,
without upper Chambers its Materials were Tor-
toiſe Shells, where all the World took up their Ha-
bitations ; thoſe that entered here went ſo ſlow, that
the place being long, they could never arrive tothe
end ; but the green Lodging was the beſt of all, be-
ing the Apartment of the Spring, where Beauty
reigned ; 1t was called the Knot of Flowers, for all
was flouriſhing within it, till time and age come to :
crop the Bloſſom z many Lillies were there turned into |
Violets; all who entered in, crowned themſelves with \-
Roſes, which ſoon faded and turned into Thorns, /
and the Flowers became dry and withered as the |
Graſs, and yet this was generally the moſt delight-
ful place, which afforded the moſt general diverſion
for all Humours, |
Amonegſt the reſt they forced Critilo and Andre- /”
x#io tO enter into one of thoſe Lodgings which their
own fancy ſhould like beſt. Andrenio being rafh :
and in the flower of his age, thruſt himſelf amoneſt
the Beds of Roſes, bidding Critilo go in where he
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he Centre. Critilo-being much urged to chooſe his
entrance, replied, Hed ng nn nn
rant of the Multitude, ent_always contrary,
not that I think by this I fay, to excuſe my entrance,
but I delire it may be at the door where none elſe
have paſſed. How is that poſlible, replied rhey,
ſince there is no door here which ſtands not conti-
nually open to the throngs of Gueſts , ſome laugh-
ed at his ſingularity, and wondered to ſee a Man
ſo differently diſpoſed, and his Humour formed of a
diſagreeing mould and nature to the vulgarity of the
World. I muſt confeſs, ſaid he, it 1s only this,
which makes me refractory to the general humour,
[ for my entrance is where oth;
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eyes Iix themſelves rather on the end and concluli-
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En ERgg-Tarang im avout”; the houſe appear-
ed ſo changed and metamorphos'd from the appea-
Tance it had at the firſt view, that he could not ſay
it was the ſame ; for all that maſs and pile of ſtately
Battdings, Teemed an unfaſhioned and rude heap,
the beauty of thoſe gilded Beams appeared only the
gliſtering of rotten Wood, the pleature, and deli-
tious fight turned to horror, and the whole Fabrick
ſtood continually rottering, and threatning its own
| j} ruines. The Stones had not now only loft their
Magnetick vertue, but followed behind their backs,
inviting the very Pebbles of the Earth to riſe againſt
them. The delitious Gardens were become oOver-
grown Fields of Thorns and Thiſtles ; and asCri#1lo
obſerved with much 'admiration , that thoſe who
ſmilingentered in, returned again with tears in their
- eyes,ſfighing out their lamentations and complaints'of
their Misfortunes. Some they flung out of the Win-
dows of that Chamber,which looked into the my
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The Spaniſh Critick, I91
den, amidit Hedges of Thorns, which Pierced |
their Bodies with an infinity of Wounds, and thus |
pained in this Hell of Torments, breathed out their
cries to Heaven for aſliſtance, Thoſe who had
aſcended up the higheſt, had the ſoareſt fall, one
of whom fell from a lofty Pinnacle or Turret of
the Palace, with as mach contentment to others, as |
of miſery to himfelf ; for all ſtood gazing on him |
as he tumbled, being delighted to ſee him fall, and |
he having his Wings clipped, could ſoar no longer, |
but fel] with irreparable ruinez thoſe that beheld
him, crying out, that he deſerved fo much, and
worle, tor Evil ought to be his Portion, who never |
did Good, But he which moved pity in ſome, was ;
one, on whom the Moon had more influence then
the Stars: This was an unfortunate Perſon, who in
tus fall lighted on a Dagger which paſt his Throat,
and thereby wrote in Characters of his own Bloud,
The firſt Attempt , withont a Second, Critilo obier-
ved, that through thole Windows which formerly
appeared of Gold, but now of Dirt, were flung
out ſome naked, others10 bruiſed, as if their ſhoul-/
ders had been bearen with Bags of golden Sand.}
Others fell down through the Windows of the;
Kitchin, and of theſe their Bellies ſuffered moſt in
their fall , Which turned their Stomachs; one there
was, and but one, that went out at the Door ,
whom Crzitilo obſerving, went ito falure him ,, and
coming nearer to him, the Stranger made a ſtop, as
if he knew him. Heavens guide me, ſaid he, where
have I ſeen this man ? I have certainly feen him, |
though I cannot remember where ; Is not this Cres \
tilo, demanded he? Yes, aid who are you? Do |
you not remember when we were both Companions
in the Houle ot the wile 4rtemia ? © ! now it comes
into
| us The Spaniſh Critick,
into my mind, ſaid Critzlo, not you he
Omn ecu porto. The ſame, ſaid he, and
! That hath been the only Spell to deliver me from
| theſe Enchantments, But what means did you uſe
| to make this eſcape? The way, replied he, is ſhort
; and eaſie, and with the ſame facility do you but
| * only deſire it, and I ſhall unbind you, ſee but thoſe
2 ' blind and dumb Ignorants , whoſe aſlent of their
'S Will is the only Bond that tics theni;"for in deſi-
'28 rimgeamnd Wiſhing -only-co-be-treed;-tite W
: fred #is freedom, and his Chains drop Ql. ..But
| femme Crwuzlo, how it came to paſs that thou didIF-
eTICe mro fnitommon Pri O5n and Captivity of
[ | the World ? Becgulſe, replied he, I followed 4r-
[i temia's Council in not letting? foot or Ttep on
{|| 8 DEP of: ny nand CcOutid reacin and take
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; | Fold of the confuſion. "OFappy man ! but this
| ; Cabal _ a
_ 1s too mean 2 praiſe for thee : _ I9r. thau. art not 2
t | 4. Min , but an Intellectual Spirit.. What is become
(| ' bf your Companien, who was younger than your
| ; ſelf, and leſs wary? I was about to enquire the
/ fame of you, ſaid he, if you had ſeen him within,
; for he having without any reaſon precipitated him-
/ ſelf in there, will, 1 fear, run the common misfor-
—/ tune, and at laſt be caſt out among the vile Re-
\ | fues of this deceived Generation, Through what
' | Gate did he enter? Through that of pleaſure.
' } Thisis the worſt of all, faid he, for his Exit will
| { be the later for it, and perhaps not until Vice and
4 Time weaken his Body, and ſtrengthen his Judg-
ment. But is there no means left for his remedy,
| | demanded Critilo? There is only one, and that ſome-
| | thing difficalt, What is it? Only to will, for let
| | him follow my courſe, and not ſtay tull neceſſity
|
dries
" pointing to Critiſe, for him, faid they, I have or- |
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The Speniſh Critick. 193 _
Urive him forth; for it is better to take lis op- | |
rtunity and advantage to go forth on his own |
gs, and racher willingly paſs out at the door,
then to be compelled and thrown headlong from }/
the Windows, I have one requeſt to you, faid Cri- |
#:lo, which my modeſty denies me leave to demand,
and favours more of Folly then favour, What is
it? that ſince you have gained the clue of this!
winding Labytinth, you would return in again, |
and with that Rhetorick you are uſed to undeceive '
others, to perſwade, and inſtrutt him, how. to wiſh |
and deſire his own freedom. This will be but to
ſmall purpoſe, faid he, for though I find and ſpeak /
to him, yet his hutnour will ſcarce give way to the |
Counſels of an unknown Adviſer ; for oftentimes /
the examples and entrexties of acquainted Friends
prevail more with Affection, then arguments and |
perſwaſions can with Reaſon, It were better you |
went in your felf, for your fri&ndſhip muſt needs |
be more prevalent then my word. 1 ſhould wil-
lingly go in, ſaid Crizils, but I fear that not know-
ing the way, I may wander, and looſe my elf, |
and in this manner we may both be deſtroyed. |
Let us reſolve on this to go both together, for a '
double diligence is very requiſite in ſo important /
an attempt; ſo you ſhall be his Guide, and I
his Friend, The propoſition was ſo well accep-
ted, that they ſuddenly went about to exe-
cute it ; but the Guard gave them a ſtop at the
. entrance, upon ſuſpition that Men of ſuch grave |
looks, and countenances were not come to. be diſ- |
ciples, but enemies to their Kingdom : Bur yet,
der /
194 . The Spaniſo Critclh, © ©
der to admit, This made them both, to retire
back, and have recourſe to a ſecond confult. And
now conſidering well of the entrances and goings
our, the many tinings and turnings of the Laby-
rinth which was all Palace, and being abſolutely
relolved to enter , they made a full ſtop in the
| middle way, Hold, (aid Criti's, let me make you
| this other Propoſal , which is, that we change
Choathes; that you take mine , which are well
[ | known. to Andrenio, together with a ſufficient.com-
| | miſſion to procure you credit ; - and thus being dif
| guifed, you may deceive the Guard, and takeoff all
payouts of our deſign , the device did not diſlike
/ him, and fo cloathing himſelf like Critilo, he was
1 with freedom admitted entrance |
[| —} Ia the meaa time Crt:/o entertained himſelf with-
| | out, in viewing the continual falls, and deſtrudti-
| | ons of thoſe, whom they violent]
[| | The Rnjng hurried from the Windows of thei
[| .+ wbich comes & own-Perdition, A Proc E al he obſer-
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deprived them of all ative motions of Life; and '
theſe. being a people of an unprofitable weight /
t
nkind, .and to ſuck the fat of the Earth; and
the Earth only ſerved to fill up the nutnber of |
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hIVſng never done any thing, with dexterity, be- *
ing once down had neither courage nor ſtrength fe
or”
to "recover themſelves. But in the Lodgings
AftiSand Weapons, there was heard ſo great at
noiſe, and confuſion, that it ſeemed a Hell or|
Bedlam, from whence proceeded Men fo. hack- |
ed and torn by thoſe blows they had received ,
that they ſpit Blood from their valiant Breaſts ,
and yomited alſo that of their Enemies, which
they. had+ drank in plentiful Bowles, ſo uſu-
ally doth Revenge, extort our Victories from
our hands, . Only thoſe of the Lodgings of Poi-
ſon, remained ſecure, whilſt they beheld the mi-
ſeries of others , delighted themſelves whilſt 0-
thers lamented, and one there was, who that
another ſhould break an Arm, or pluck out one
Eye, would looſe both; they laught whilſt others
wept , and lamented at what was the common
joy , their pleaſure being to rejoice at- the miſe-
ries of others. Critilo ſtood all this while looking |
on this unhappy end, and at the evening of a day of
ſome years, he perceived Andrenio appear at the
Window, amidſt the Thorns of thoſe Flowers he
had eleted 3 at which he was affrighted, fear-
ing his total deſtruftion ; but he durſt not call
to him, leſt he ſhonld diſcover himſelf , but
made ſigns that he ſhould remember and meditate
on his deceived condition 3; but. how and which
way he got down, is, related''in the following
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almoſt unknown. All Tygers are naturally cruel
the Dove innocent, but every Man is variouſly nl
| poſed and tempered. The generous Eagle” engen-
| ders a Brood like himſelf; but nobte Worthies are
; not ſure to propagate their elevated Spirns intheir
| Poſterity; nor is the vitious Father certain to make
; his Son Heir of his depraved Works, as well as of
| his Fortunes. For every one hath his ſeveral plea-
' Jare, hs different behaviour, and faſhion, and opi-
| V Hen we have ſeena Lion or Lamb, in
- Dions in all ages have found heads, and brains like
| thoſe that firſt invented them, Wiſe Nature_hath
| beſtowed on every man 2 Countenance and Com»
ſi I ED JOE WT Oeſtures
e ſor Charatters, and
hen to i him by, that ſo the Good may not
; be confounded among the number of the Bad; thar
' Woinen may be diftmpniſtied from Men, 3nd that
the
The Spaniſh Critick. 197
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the refleftions of this wiſe perſon,in ſight of the Cort, |
after he had reſcued Andrenio with ſo exemplary Pru- |
dence. Whilſt Crit;lo ſtayedfor Andrenio at the Free- |
Gate, he obſerved him at ths Window involved 1n |
the common danger ; howſoever he comforted him-
ſelf with this, that there was none now could tempt |
him farther, before he might take the Garland |
from his Head, the which having done himſelf, he |
untwiſted it, and having tied ſome other Bowes to |
it, made a Rozp, and thereby let himſelf down ,
and without any danger , of hurt, had the happi- |
neſs to come ſafe to ground. At the ſame time allo |
appeared his wiſe Inſtructor at the door, a double
joy to Critilo, who now thought it not time to ule |
Cottements, of Embraces, _ Hhaſfedaway as fall |
as they.conld:— Only Aidzevi rating” his Head th
the Window, ſaid, Hang there thou Cord, the Lad- |
der of this my Liberty, and-trophy of eternal me-
mory to be dedicated to my undeceived condition, |
Their way was the direct road to the Court, which
O 3 this |
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18 * The SpaniſhCritick.
| this wiſe Philoſopher called a Falling wpon ScyLs i
| avoid Caribdis. Howſoeyer he accompanied them ta
| the Gate, being much taken with their ſociety and
converſe, which was the beſt paſtime of this tedious
journy, and travel of our Life. Let me know,
faid Critilo, what Houſe this is, and inform me of
I what paſſages, and accidents have happened to you,
The wiſe Philoſopher by the courtelie of Andrexio,
qd ratinerhe apper Rind be, hs is the
1 el oule, the Inn of the World; The-Gate
| _ at whict Men enter, is Delight, and
| The Tyranny of throughavhieh they goon, "is Charge
+4 Delight, an
18
{4 Votafia, whom we call Delight, and the
| Latin Folaped IF the .gratious.Protereſs of
; Vice; aws X ls ys 6 err
._ | Sliq of Delight. This is ſhe who enſlaves an
; campmmrates We impriſons them where they pleaſe,
ſome ſhe lodgeth in upper Rooms of Pride, others
1n the Dungeon and Cellers of Sloth, but none in-
; Habit the Middle, all ſituations being Extremities
: m Vice. All enter in, as you ſee with Songs.and
' Muſic now T"mclody than
: their own Sobs , except the Envious , who do all
vn: in a contrary humour, dy n6t to
: | | rfifs of the End, or bedeftroyed in the Concluſion,
|
|
|
\ + | Is to caſt an eye firſt upon the beginning, which
; | {was the counſel and advice of thewiſe Artemia, and
the only means for me to eſcape ſecure; And for
; | {me, ſaid Critilo, not to enter in, for I uſually go
| } with more content to the Houſe of Sorrow , then
| | of Mirth, for the Holy Daysof Rejoicing, are al-
; | | ways the Vigils of Repentance; Believe me Andre-
I #io , he that founds his Beginnings in his pleaſure,
{ſhall end in his ſorrow, It is ſulficient , aid Jas,
BE ETY al
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wg this way we tread is full of Snares, for there-
by we become more wary; nor without reaſon hath
Frayd' ſet a guard at the beginning to intercept our
<ltrance, O houſe of Fools ! what little reſpect haſt
thou deſerved ? O falſe Enchantment of bewitched
Leadſtones , which at firſt attract and entice, and
then betray z God deliver us, faid their Philoſopher,
from what begins with the ſmiles of Content. Ne.
ver flatter your ſelves with proſperous and caſie ſuc-
cels of the firſt Beginnings, but attend always to the
difficulties of the Concluſion, The experience of 1//- ;
this 1 have tryed in the Inn of Voluſia, and in that / 7; 77,
Dream which ought to awake and revive you. -
It is reported that Fortune had two Sons, both
of a molt different nature, and diſpo- |
ſition, The eldeſt was handſome, The Twins of
and of as ſmiling acountenance, as the Forte,
Other was ill-favoured and frowning ;
their conditions and natures, as uſually it hap-
lis, being read in the Index of their Fore-
eads, Their Mother did accordingly habit them
in ſuch Garments and Dreſs,as did, beſt denote their
humours, and diſtinguiſh their conditions, The
eldeſt had his Cloaths embroidered. by the Spring
with Roſes, and Gilliflowers, and between Roſe and
Roſe was inſerted a G. which ſerved for a hyro-
gliphick,and was interpreted by ſome to be Gratious,
Gallant, Grateful, Great; the. Lining was of white
Ermins, which rendred his Aſpect chearful and,
ſmiling, ſo as it betokened an 1nward-ſerenity of ,..
Mind. The other was cloathed in a different man- !
ner, in. a Black, or Mourning Buckram , worked
with Thorns, and Briars, and between every one
an F. Charaters of his foul, fierce, furious , falle:
diſpoſition ; * his countenance and look ſtrovk ter-;
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ror to all that beheld him. In this Garb they wenf
forth from the Houſe of their Mother , to "the
School, or to the Market. The eldeſt was adored
by all, invited to receive entertainment, the doors
of their Hearts were opened to him, and the whol
World followed him, eſteeming their Eyes ble
which ſaw ſo gracious a Youth. How much' more
happy their Arms which could embrace him ? The
other deſpiſed found none ſo courteous, or charita-
ble as to admit him to any acceſs, but as from a
ſcourge or plague fled at his approach ; when ne-
ceſſity, or conveniency drove him toenter into their
Houſes, their Gate was ſhut againſt him , and his
importunity returned with blows, that ſo baniſhed
from the Society of all, he found no place to make
his reſidence, whether he ſhould now live or die ,
was the ſubjeft of his Melancholy contemplation,
his rage not being able to ſuffer longer theſe inju-
Ties, he choſe rather to die, that he might live,
then to live that he might diez but as contrivance
3s the effett of Melancholy, his Brains hegan to
work, and thought on a Plot, which is always more
available then open force. For conſidering how
Powerful Fraud was, and the ſeveral Wonders ſhe
continually performs, he determined one night to
fearch her out, for Light, and Fraud are inconſiſtent
together. , In a weariſome ſearch of Fraud he ſpent
much time, but yet arrived not to a ſight, or view
of her; for in every place they faid ſhe was, but
he found her in none, He was per-
The Houſe of iwaded ſhe could not be abſent from
Frand, | the Houſe of the Fraudulent, but firſt
| in his way he ſearched the Houſe of
Time, who told him, ſhe uſed not to reſide there,
for that he was an enemy to Falſity , and endea-
; youred
The Spaniſh Critick, 201
youred to undeceive the World; but his words were
believed too late ; from thence he
went to the Houſe of the World , The world.
which was always deemed for a De- |
ceiver; but was anſwered here, that he never de-
ceived any , though they deſired it; but Men
* deceived themſelves, and defired to be blind, that
they might be cheated, With that he went to Fal-
ſity, and to his demand, was anſwered, Alas fool !
with what Tongue, or Face, can I tell thee Truth ?
In this very anſwer , faid he, thou haſt told me
Truth, but yet where ſhall I find it? for if it be
ſo difficult to find ont Fraud in the World, it muſt
be impoſſible to diſcover Truth. From thence he
went to the Houſe of Hipocriſie, be-
lieving Fraud was never abſent from pijpocrife.
thence, and here, the anſwer he re-
ceived was as unſatisfattory as at other places, for
ſhe turning her Neck like her crooked intention ,
ſhrugging up her ſhoulders, ſimpering with her lips,
contracting her eye-brows, and lifting up her eyes
to Heaven with a ſoft and demure Voice, told him ſhe
knew no ſuch perſons, nor ever kept ſuch company,
though at that time they were both in the fame
League and Conſpiracy with her. From. thence he
went to the Houſe of Adulation, a ©
Palace of no ſmall Magnificence, and A4dulation.
here it was told him, that he was 1ll
adviſed in coming thither ; for though I lie, ſaid ſhe,
I decetve none, for my words are ſuch groſs Hy-
perbolies, and apparent Falſities , that the Judg-
ments of the moſt ſimple and ignorant cannot but
perceive how clearly I flatter them, and yet not-
withſtanding, they are tickled at my vain and ex-
orbitant Praiſes, and remunerate me well for ſo un-
i. profitable
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202 The Spaniſh Critick.
roger ah Office. Having thus ſuch ill ſucceſs in
is ſearch, Is it poſſible, ſaid he, ſighing, that the
World ſhould be fo full of Deceit and Fraud, and
et I ſhould not meet it, that the World ſhould re-
und with it, and every corner ſhould lament the
injuries received by it, and yet my ſelf the only
Unfortunate in this wiftht encounter ? Perhaps I
may find her hid within the Curtains of the Marri-
age-Bed, for there will I ſeek her; he asked the
zsband, and the Wife, both of them confeſſing
there had been ſo many, and ſuch falſe Careſſes be-
tween them, that neither could complain their real
embraces were, returned by the other in a more
flattering way, than themſelves had given them,
Then. he enquired alſo in the Merchants ſhops, un-
der the lined Cloaks of the Ufurers, and amongſt
the undone Creditors; who anſwered him, that
Frand was not there, for indeed it is not there
where it is evidently known to inhabit; the ſame
replicd all Tradeſines, affirming, that ſbch could
not be deceived, for he, who knows where Fraud lies,
and yet ventures on it, cannot complain of recei-
ving mjury; with ſuch ill ſucceſs as this deſpairing of
his intentions, and made deſperate, was reſolved to
try his laſt hopes, and to find her out, though ir.
were . in the Houſe of the Devil ; ſo thither he
went , which was at Genoxa, I mean at Geneva; but
Fraud fiercely raged, and thundring out Curſes and
Execratibns, cryed out, Who I, ſaid ſhe, Deceit ?
1 Deceit? How well is my Innocency, and my Pains
rewarded, wherewith I deſire to nnblind the.World ;
I promiſe them not Heaven, but Hell, I ſet not a
Paradiſe before their Eyes, but continually threaten
their perſevering Sins with ſulphurous Flames, who
notwithſtanding, as not affrighted, purſue after me,
ang ,
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and vpon hard Conditions are Slaves unto my Will ;
How then can this Plain-dealing be ſtiled Deceit ?
At this reply, as fully fatished, he departed away,
and giving another turn, came to the Houle of the
Deceived, being Men oftentimes good, and credu-
lous, of a candid nature, and diſpoſition, were apt
to admit Fraud, and to give credit to falſe ap-
nces; but they aſſured him it was not there ,
zut in the Houſe of the Deceivers; for thoſe are
right, and moſt truly Fools, who endeavouring ta
deceive others, have the whole weight and misfor-
tunes of their bad intentions retorted on themſelyes;
How is this, ſaid he, the Deceived tell me the De-
ceivers retain it, and they, that the Defrauded; for
my part believe both the one and the other entertain
her, and are poſſeſſed with her , though they are
ignorant of it. In this inquiſitive ſearch Wiſdom
met him, not he her, and gaye him this true infor-
. mation. Unfortunate wretch, faid ſhe, whom ſeekeſt
thon, or why ſearcheſtthou any other then thy ſelf?
Doſt thou not know that he who ſeeks Deceit.,
ſhall never find it, its nature lies, in being conceal-
led, and in once diſcovering it, it is no more the
ſame; get theeto the Houſe of ſome of thoſe who
deceive themſelves, for from them 1t 1s never ab-
ſent. And 1o it proved, for entring iato the Houſe
of the Confident, the Preſumptuous, the Covetous;
the Envious, at laſt he found it, but much diſguiſed
and painted over with the colour of Verity; he
communicated to her his misfortunes, his affronts
the diſpuſts of the World, and expected from her,
as an Oracle, ſome remedy and eaſe of his diſcon+-
- tents : Deceit looking well upon him, ſaid, thou
lookeſt like the Picture of ill-luck, thy ill-favoured
countenance ſpeaks thee ſo, and yet thou art m_
| then
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204 The Spaniſh Critick.
/then whatthouſcemeſt; notwithſtanding be of good
| courage, for neither my diligence nor policy ſhall
' be wanting in this, in which I am glad to find oc-
caſtons wherein to manifeſt to the World my
wer. O! how well we two are matched. Be
couragious, for if the firſt ſtep in a Cure, 1s to find
and diſcover the root of the Diſeaſe, I have done
the like in your grief, and know the cauſe and ori-
ginalof its ariſe. I know and feel the pulſe, and
temper of Men, though they are ignorant of me ,
\... F know on which foot the ill arbitrement of their
' Will halts, and goes lame; for believe me, thou
+. art not abkorred becauſe thou art evil, but becauſe
thou appeareſt ſo; theſe Thorns embroidered on
your Coat, make Men afraid, and fo ſtart at them,
which changed for Flowers, would give a kind in-
vitation to all to follow you ; leave but all to my
management, and in a ſhort time the World ſhall
adore you, and your Brother fall into the
common diſgrace, [I havealready thought the way,
and with that taking him by the hand , they went
both together into the Houſe of Fortune, whom
>fter Fraud had ſaluted with the uſual Complements,
Fortune faid, that ſhe had need of a Guide as being
blind. Whereupon Fortune?s Son offered this Fraud
for her ſervice, detlaring the conveniencies and ad-
vantages ſhe might receive by it ; and running into
high commendations of the Youths towardlyneſs ,
and diſcretion, that he knew more tricks and eva-
ſions then the Devils Scholars; and above all, that
he deſired no other pay or reward, then his own
Merits; Fortune accepted the profer, and admit-
ted Fraud to her Houſe, which is the whole World,
Upon
The Spaniſh Critick, 205
Upon this all things began to forſake their uſual
conrſe, nothing remained in its pro-
per Centre, nay the very courſe of roreunes
time it felf, was diverted with an un= Guide.
known motion ; for this Guide or
Conductor of Fortune, direCted her always contra-
to her intentions; if ſhe deſired to bleſs the head of
the Vertuous with her preſence;the unlucky Boy wan-
tonly led her to the houfe of the Vitious: when nece{-
ſity or conveniency required her haſte, he ſtopt her
rogreſs, when ſlowly ſhe ſhould move, he fixed
er Wings to fly, and ſo ſhuffled, changed, and con-
founded her Actions, that all went prepoſterouſly
diſordered; the Gifts and Favours ſhe ſhould be-
ſtow on the Wiſe, became the undeſerved Bleſſings
of Ignorance, and the Cowards Brow was encircled
with the Lawrel of tlie valiant Conqueror , and ſo
changed her hands, that ſhe unjuſtly beſtowed
both happineſs, and misfortunes, on thoſe who [eaſt
deſerved them. Thus ſhe ſtrikes out of ſeaſon,
when neither time nor ſubje@t requires it ; ſhe wounds
the Pious and Vertuous, and with a back-blow of
Poverty ,- knocks down the wiſe and induſtrious;
and to the fraudulent and deceitful gives her hand
with all promiſes, and proteſtations to make them as
2 hn as now we ſee them.How often have her
lows erred and unhappily fallen on thoſe whom all
bewailed? ſhe deſtroyed Don Balthaſar of Lunniga,
when he ſhould have begun to live; alſo the Duke of
Inrfantads, the Marquis of Aytona, and other Wor-
Thies, when the unſtable condition of that Age moſt
Tequired their Government, and Prudence to ſupport
and conduct it; ſhe gave a back blow of Poverty to
Don Luys .of Gongora , and to Auguſtin of Barboſa ,
and to other eminent Men, when ſhe ought _ to
Ve
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206 The Spaniſh Critick.
have crowned their years and ations with reward ;
and yet this unlucky Boy excuſed himſelf, that theſe
Men like unſeaſonable Fruit came out of time, their
age being in the reign of Leo ebe Temb, or of
Franeis King of France, not in the corrupt years
of this preſent age, What affronts hath ſhe done to
the Marquis of Torrecuſo,and afterwards triumphed in
faying, had he not done ſomethingin War, he ſhould
t uk an} ou forgotten, SS F856 gnkars
3ullet erred in hitting Dow# Martin of Aragon, th
the Crime was ſo evident, that ſhe could rot but con-
feſs her fault: Again ſhe ſeemingly conſented to
honour Azpilgu:2s Navarro, with a Cardinals Hat ,
for his liberal Endowments of a famous Colledge ;
but ſporting with him one day at Hotcockles, - ſhe
gave him ſuch a blow on the Hand as ſtruck him to
the ground, and whilſt a Choriſter came to help
him up, the unlucky Boy laughed, ſaying, that ſuch
as thele haye no need to live, whoſe Memory and
_ _ _ op: to cy contigue life in-
who hu receive it, kfu
> It, "She had great thoughts of fa-
Spain. vouring the Monarchy of Spain with
. much happineſs and ſucceſs; and in
reward of their Catholick Chriſtianity to beſtow
on them the Indies, and other Kingdoms, with ma-
ny Victories ; but inſtead hereof both Fortune and
her Guide leaped on a ſudden into France, to the
amazement of the whole World; which piece of un-
conſtancy ſhe excuſed, by ſaying, that the Race and
Seed of Spains former Worthics was quite extinCt ;
that France was no longer to be accounted raſh an
voconſiderate, but. wiſe, ſetled, and firmto her prin-
ciples; and toconceal the hatred whzch her Malice
bears to Piety , ſhe conſented to the uccels of the
| $ Venetian
The Spaniſh Critick, 207
Venetian Republique in ſome Con-
| quelfs againſt the Ottoman POWECT . Fenice.
Hanan bf their own Valour. A
Miracle indeed that the World hath Th Orme
admired; till the reaſon ſhe gave Fay.
cleared the wonder, ſaying, ſhe was
y (us in carrying the Ottoman ſucceſs upſo ſtcep an
ent by meer force , whilſt they neither contri-
buted thereunto either by Wit, or Induſtry ; in this -
manner all things were ſhuffled together, fortunes
and misfortunes were confaunded, and reſted onthe
heads of thoſe that leaſt deſerved or expetted
them. The Plot being now ripe to be executed,
it was obſerved, that at night when Fortune un-
pected her Sons, ſor none ſhe would truſt with this
e of diſpoſing their Cloaths, but with great care
ordered it her ſelf, and laid them in ſeveral places,
that ſhe might not miſtake when ſhe cloathed her
Children again. Deceit was. very aCtive to take ad»
yantage on the preſent opportunity, and changed the
place of their Cloaths, thoſe of ill fortune into the
Place of good, and thoſe of good into the place of
: In the morning Fortune, as unwary as blind,
cloathed Vertye in the Garment of embroidered
Thorns, and made Vice gallant with his elder Bro-
thers Flowers; which being ſet out inthe Sophiltrics
of deceit, made lo glorious a luſtre and beauty,that all
the World adore pe peo and entertained him
both in their Houſes and Hearts, believing it was
Vertue they then received; and though ſome at the
colt of their. own experience, told and informed
others of the Error, yet few believed them; for
ſreing Vice to be fo gallant and gentile, they could
not be perſwaded to judge amifs of that, which
they ſo much afſeted. Since that day Vertue and |
Vice |
he firſt em
The Ends of
Vertues
fair ſeems their
formed after, and
| tnities; how want. 1s Y
umb their Joints :
e
Government
do they find it,
ſhoulders faint under
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end they found the fruit of true co
te in the Ie of 4
crttfi Conan How fo Tg and
wi trauty to ſome
disfigured with' a
on; bat afterwards yon
ow
; 208 |
| Vice have been confounded, and the
the beginning World deceived, for.thoſe who em-
of Vice brace Vice with low thoughts of Sell-
RS ſoality,ttave ſpeedily fon themſelves
deceived, and too entertained thoughts of re-
ntance, But on the contrary, thoſe who bein
tndeceived have cloſed F |
CES. }
arunimn
- and how de-
thouſand infit»
# eſtimati-
burdenſome
| do their
ſo heavy a pre(-
ine revenges
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| Bady. The Laſcivious will_not looſe his ſenſual ſr
copulation though he buyes his s his UII the
price of his own The Covetons embraces |
thorns 1n his Riches, which torment and diſturb his
ſleep, and looſeth his Heart in them, without en-
joying of them. All theſe deſign to bleſs their Fami- |
lies with the pleaſing appearance of delight, which | |
indeed 1s but a concealed evil, and not a contentment,
but a torment, and a deſerved reward for their iond
miſtake, But contrarily how difhcult, and ſteep is
altien ither i 5 goo
ſfafis mack 1S there in a po magma IF
FT TERRI
ve wweagt #
nn T|
ty; Tives 5" ri humble pole in th | the he ore
makes his enemies to be at Peare with Tum ; Har a-
bove all, What peace accomparites him, znd tow fa-
voury ls the odour of his good fame ? \ What Tweet
Fruit LW Tprang from the Hitter. roor-Btmocrtins / |
ence. eems..au. cf |
- yet the wile neve d ! neld his}
Tongue :-fo-thar Vertu tince oor time-ivent al-
ways cloathed outwardly with horns, but inward-.
ly with Flowers different to Vice, w hich therefore
let'tis” "tifider that Character, and embrace
1 on,” 3d vulgar deceit. |
| They * were now cone in ſight of the Court, when
£indrenio looking on Madrid with a great deal of
leaſure and attention. The wiſe Phi-
ſopher asked him, what he ſaw? 1 7 4 true Spare |
if Rodemonia=
ice, ſaid he, the * Royal Mother of |,
t many Nations, the Crown of the
P ew j
196 The Spaniſh Critick.
two Worlds, the Centre of ſomany Kingdoms, the
Jewel of both the Indies,the Neſt of the Phenix 1t (elf,
* the Sphear of the Catholick Sun, crowned and en-
circled with Perfections as Rayes, and with noble
Arms as Lights. But, I ſee, (aid Cririlo, a Babylon of
confuſtons, a Paris of dirt and filth ,
Madrid wot & 2 Rome of changes, a Palermo of At-
Mother, but & nas {inoaks, a Conſtantinople of mitts,
Step-moiber. 2a London of peſtilence, an Algier of
captives. I ſee, ſaid the Philoſopher,
Madrid the Mother of all perfteCtions on one lide ,
and a Step-mother on the other ; for as the chiefell
rarities addreſs themſelves to the Court, ſo in like
manner do Vices ſwarm there, being introduced by
thoſe which know not how to bring other then the vi-
tious habits of their own Countries.For my own part,
; Iwill not goin, as | have already told you, but bring-
12g them to the Bridge Milvio, he there left them.
| * Bat Cretilo and Azdrenio. adventured in by the ſfreer
| . of Toledo, and preſently they happened into a Shop
| where Wiſdom was to be fold; Critilo asked the
/ Booklellgg if he had a- clue of golden Thread to
; ſell them” but he did not preſently apprehend his
queſtion, for thoſe who only read the Titles of
| Books, are ſeldom learned by them; hut another
| : ttanding by, a graduated Courtier both in years
| and experience, faid, You little underſtand them,
| tor it 1s a compals they deſire to fail by in this
b-- ' Ocean and Golf of Circes. I underſtand you lels,
| "= ſid the Bookſeller, for here is neither Gold nor
| / | Silverſold, but only Books, ogen” 0p ora
/+ / rmoditythen either. It is this, rephed Critilo, we
2+- 106k after, and one eſpecially which may give us
tome Councils, and Inſtructions how to goyern our
if1ves in this twining Labyrinth, So then, ſaid the
Book-
A ee
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The Spaniſh Critick, 197
Bookſeller,it ſeems that you are Strangers, and if to, |
make uſe of this Manual, it is no "Tome, but ra-
ther an Atome, and yet it ſhall ſerve to guide you
tothe North of Felicity 1t ſelf : here take this, which
I have ſcen do Miracles, 1t being that which in-
ſtruts us in the art of being Men, and teaches us to
keep a ſociety worthy cf thole who are ſo: Critils
took it, and read the Title, which was Galateus of **
the Court. What 1s the Price, ſaid he? Sir, ſaid
the Bookſeller, it hath no price, It is above account, *-
and is worth more to him who carries it; theſe
Books we do not ſel], but pawn for two Ryals,
for the World affords not ſufficient Riches whereby
to make their eſtimation, At this ſpeech the Cour-
tier gave ſuch a loud laughter, that Critilo admired
at it, and the Bookſeller was put out of countenance,
and asked the reaſon why he 1o laughed. Towhich he
replied that the abſurdity of what he ſaid was worthy
of it;for the whole matter which the Book treated or
was Ridiculous : I ſee now. ſaid the Bookſelier,
that Galatews 18 no more then the Elements of Mora-
lity, the A, B, C. of Breeeding, nor yecat it be
denied ; but it is a golden toy , both plautble ard |
importanr, and though bur little, yet it can mate
men great, and teach them to continue ſo. Nothing;
leſs true then this, replied the Courtter, for this
Book, ſaid he, raking itinto his hands,s Heterodox.
and might be worth ſomething, did it teach Con-
traries : In thoſe innocent times when
men were ſuch, theſe rules and precepts Galatcus re-
were fitly calculated for that age, but prebended,
in theſe times we now live, they are
like Fruit out of ſeaſon, or like Almanacks out of |
date : theſe were Leſſons for antient days waen
= uſed Croſs-bows, but this is an 2ge of more
dangerous Artillery ; believe me they are Of 0 va-
P 2 ue,
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198 The Spaniſh Critick.
ue, and that your own ſelves may confeſs the ſame,
hear me theſe firft Lines, he ſays, That obſerving the
- Rules of aiſcreet Ceremonies, we ought not to ſtars bim
in the Face with whom we ſpeak, as if we would eſpy
fome Myſteries in by Eyes, Conſider how good a
Rule this is for theſe times, in which the Tongue
ath loſt that tic and ſtring which united 1t to the
| Heart, Where then ſhonld we look, on the Breaſt ?
j
It 1s true, it wcre good to Pierce as far as the Hearr,
hacl it tne tranſparent Glaſs to cover it, which Mz-
mg d2lircd; for thonzh our cyes were lixed to ob-
| ſerve his poſtures, and our ſight attentive to ditcover
prin in his countenance, yet our greateſt atten=
tion can ſcarce guels at the langnaze ot his interiour
- ws. oa
ff, was good and civil in better times :; but now
Wife men will not eſteem it unmannerly, nnleſs tney
[could procure the ineſtimable Felicity of fuch- Aſſo-
{ciates, whoſe words aud actions have no need of be-
' ing_txyed by the conſtancy of their countenances,
/ Hear allo this other, for it much pleaſeth me as often
as Tread it, that it is a barbarous Slovenry after we
' have blown our Noſe, to look on the Snot 1n our
: | Handkerchief, as if the filth were Pearls or Dia-
'” monds which proceed from our Brain, This, Sir,
[ ſaid Critilo, is a fancy as Court-like as ſubtle ; bur
|. yer in Triticiſms of this nature, we ſhall never want
\-words, or arguments for both parts. Not 1o;, re-
plied
The Spaniſh Critick. 199
plicd the Courtier, for you underſtand it not; but.
in reſpect of the Author, who mult pardon me, and
teach me better. For I ſay yes, lc: every one look.
{
I aa 1 a no
,
:
- on it, ſee and know his filth , and corruption he-
caſts forth : let the confident Sophiſter know that - |
he is but a ſnotty Charlatan, for though he is un--/
2ble rationally to diſcourſe, or ſcarce Logick enough”
to know his Right hand, hath yet high thoughts of |
his own abllitics: let him who hath an elevated OPi-" }
nion of his own fancy know, that thoſe are not Sen- |
tences, or Subtleties which he concetves, but a dull
offspring of his Bram, which 1s diſtilled throvgh the
Limbick' of his circumflexed Noſe. Let thc dainty
Lady perſwade her ſelf, that ſhe is not ach an An-- |
gel as her Servant ſpeak her, that 1t 1s not
Amber, through which ſhe breathes, but a Kennel |
and painted Pipe to convey Corruption, Let 4tex- |
ander undeceive himſelf, that heis not Son to Jupiter |
but to Putryaction, and Grand-child ot nothing,
And let every man know that the Divinity he con- |
cetves In himſelt is but humane imperfe(lion,a bubble
of vanity, and that the wind and ſmoak of CONCelt |
which rilcs to his head, dilſolves into filth and nau--
tious humours, Let vs all underſtand, and knows:
our ſelves, that weare but Veſlels of unclean ſtenches,
when we are Children we are Snotty, when Old
Flegmat: 'c&, when in our middle Age, we are Chole- |
rick 2nd ſubject to the ſupertluity of Impoſthumes.- |
Another thing he ſays is altogether unprofitable ,
which is, that "a well f aſhioned Man ought not to p! ick
the Wax out of his Ears, ard paſte 1 it between his
Fingers. Let me ask you, Sirs, who It Is that can o |
ſo? for in whoſe Ears hath the importunate dil-
courſes of one or other Jefrit ? For this is an aze
; WHEFELD Mcn have but little Wax in their Ears, it had
- CT
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better he had encharged us, not to ſuffer the rapacity
of the deceitful to pick it out, or the cloſe Leach to
ſack it forth, or to ſuffer Scriveners, or others, whom I
f will forbear to mention, have ſo free a paſſage to the
{ Organ of onr Hearing. But I am moſt ſcandalized,
that he ſhould call it clowniſh, for one being in com-
pany to take out his Siſſers, and clip his Nails.
! This I confeſs I cannot but eltcem a moſt peraitious
' Doftrine, for ſuppoſe that men are apt to omit
' the paring of their Nails in ſecret, how much leſs
| ſhould they be in publick ; it were better to com-
j/ mand them this ofhice before the whole World, as
' the Almiranto of Naples did, for every one muſt
; needs be offended to ſee thoſe long Nails ſome
| wear, that their Sifſers may not be ſaid ſo much to
; Clip as to ſhare them; let them cut off thofe claws
; of Rapine ſo cloſe, that they may touch the quick,
| There are ſome ſo charitable as to frequent the
| Hoſpitals ; to cut the Nails of the poor, It is true,
{ It is a great Charity ; nor would 1t be leſs commen-
dable to enter into the Houſe of the Rich, and
_—
ſhorten thoſe Claws of Rapine by which they have
made themſelves as great as rapacious, having ſtript
the Poor, and thruft them from their doors, or at
leaſt reduced them to tnat miſery, that they have
| need of the charitable reception of an Hoſpital.
As little reaſon had he to recommend to ns
| the civility of taking off our Hats, as a token of
kindneſs and reſpedt ; for now they take not only off
the Hat,but the Cloak and Coat, and
Courteſie. De- ſtrip: men of Honeſty to the very
&. KERR . ; :
[NY Skin, and flea him alive, and then tel
| the good man.that it is out of kindaels they treat him
no worſe. There are others who ſo much obſerve
this Rule, that they center with a Cap on whereſo-
LOL + ' ever
The Spaniſh Critick. 201
ever they go; and thus you ſee, that this rule is ike
the others. Another that I read now , 1s againlit
all Morality. 1 wonder it hath not incurre1 a genc- ;,.
ral cenſure, and diſlike ; he faith, that a man thould |
negligently move his feet , not obſerving at every |
ftep where he ſets them, but ſet them there, where ||
by chance or occali onally they fall, This I qe
—
God; let a man look andfee that he. Lo the Lav of
the limits of his Eſtate and Fortune, leſt he fail
[|
into that Precipice, 1n which many have periſhed. -
—
Thiat he treads ,not on a narrow Line without Iet-
ſure, and due conſideration, for thisis for a man to
meaſure his own abilities, and to weigh his own
Burden ; that he ſtrain not his hand nor foot ta
—_
:
reach farther than he is able; this I adviſe and coun- *
ſel: That he conſider where he let his foot , ſee
where he enters, and where he goes out, that he |
makes a firm footing i in the middle, and not in the
dangerous brims and borders of extremes: for this
is to £0 well, and ſecure. Another thing he ſays;
that it ſeems like a Fool for a Man to go talking
with himſelf ; but with whom can a man d:ſcourte
better , than with himſelf? What Friend. hath he
more faithfat; and ſincere ? 'Let him ſpeak, and tell
himſelf” the truth; for none elſe will; let lim ask
and hear the Vice of his own Conſcience: let bim
conſult, and adviſe himſelf, and believe that. all
others adrmoHdth' oily for their own advanrge: and /
intereft;" har" they-are-m-keepers of
ſecrets, 0 would even, betray the 74 Bloody
LE of the King D, Pedro. The Shirt,
ex
thing he ſays, is, that in our Y
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202 _ The Spaniſh Critick.
; diſcourſe we ſhould not uſc much action, for that is
- to pump. out our Soul, as well as our Body. He
| fays well in this, if he to whom we {peak 1s atten-
tive ; but not if he be deaf, as often Men are in
thoſe things which concern either them or us moſt ;
if he ſleeps we have need to awake him, and there
; are ſome, though brayed in a Morter, arc ſtill unap-
- Prelienſive, and uncapable Subjects of the loweſt
Reaſon; for what can a Man do leſs when he ſees
his Auditors both dull of apprehenſion, and unatten-
tive to his words ? Of neceſſity we had need with
the Peſtle of our Speech to beat itinto their Brains,
for unleſs it be violently inculcated, they will ſcarce
: admit it into"their Ears. That a loud, and high
: Voice is inconſiſtent with gravity, is according to
" -thoſe unto whom we ſpeak; for believe me, words
F of Silk are not agreeable unto Cloth ears, and he
F -who aCtuates not his- words with his hands, gives
S *no life to his Speech, but ſtands with that compa-
F +{edneſs, as if he were Angling, or ſtill in expecta-
l «tion the Fiſh ſhould bite, it were a good buſineſs if
l | awe could by this means diſtinguiſh good hands from
bad ; let me priſe thoſe which are good, for then
"they ſeem to reach Heaven it ſelf, and graſp it
their hands. Thas, with the Authors leaveI muſt
-be of a contrary opinion to him; for let every Man
| _ DoandSay, let him uot be all Words,
| { $4yings aud Hut ſometimes ACtians, and Executi-
| *Doings. ons, let him ſpeak truth, and if his
| hands are endued with dexterity, let
{him interpoſe them on all occaſions.
As this Author hath ſome rules ſuperfluous, ſo he
{ hath others 1dle,and fooliſh, and this is one; that a
| / Man when he ſpeaks to another , ſhould not ap-
\ Rica very uear:to him, | leaſt he beſpatter him me
l3
Candbat e trans ad OT I GP
wand. MS Lats, ET ED OOENT Tn” :
The $paniſh Critick, 203
his Spittle ; for there are ſome ſo indiſcreet, that
they ought -to adviſe before they
ſpeak,2nd bid them beware of * Wa- #* Agua va, «s
ter, that the Hearers may retire at ey do at Ma-
ſome diſtance, or arm themſelves a- rid, when they
gainſt the torrent, and theſe are ſuch y- oa
who ordinarily ſpeak with a conti= at their Win-
nual motion , without Parentheſis, dows.
Coma, or Period. For my own part,
I think it more dangerous to be ſubject to thoſe
Fires ſome caſt from their Mouth, then the ſprink-
lings of Spittle, and more dreadful are thoſe Flames
of Malice, of Murmurings, of Flattery, of Obſce.
nity, and Scandal, which iſſue from them. Worſe
alſo are the foams of Rage, and more need had he
to adviſe us of a fload of Choler : let him rather
reprehend the emiſſions of Poiſon, which proceed
from under their lips, for to diſcommend ſpitting,
-1s Childiſhneſs : Small hurt can the ſhrill noiſe of a
Quail do us, God deliver us from the {ivift Bullet
of injury, from the Shaft of the Throat, from the
Wildfire of Treaſon, from the Pikes of ſharp
Tongues, and from the Artillery of Slaunders. .
Another Precept he hath, as ridiculous as the reſt,
That when we ſpeak with another, we ſhould not
lay onr Hands upon his Breaſt, and twine his But- |
tons till they fall off. I ſay yes,let us |
feel the Pulſe of his Breaſt, touch his * #e means
Heart, examine how it beats *, try if boſe who never
he have Loops on his Waſtecoat, for M*Jerbeir in-
there are ſome have not : Jet us pull gc wie.
him by the Sleeve who goes aſtray } their Thought:
and another by his Skirt, that he may # none,
amend his crooked ways, and ſo far |
remember himſelf as not co be Fran- |
| WD ticks
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/ 204. The Spaniſh Critick.
| tick. The next that follows, is what was never i©
| much as mentioned in any Commonwealth, no not in
Venice it ſelf, nor in any timeof former age, which
is, that we ſhould not inour eating fill both Cheeks
at once, as being a great plece of Clownery : This
| you ſee is a Leſſon, which themoſt curious, in their
dreſs and behaviour, leaſt practiſe, being that which
fills up the wrincles of the Face moſt,and ters off their
beauty to beſt advantage. Another is, that we
ſhould not laugh loud : and yet there are ſuch ri-
diculous mockeriesin the World, that a man cannot
contain himfelf by deriding them in his Sleeve only,
_.. but he muſt neceſſarily burſt into-an excels of laugh-.
{ /- ter. The next is likethe former, That we ſhould
/ | not Chew with our ' Month ſhut ; how F60d a Rule
+ is thts; for the nature of this Age, in which there
are ſo many hungry Wolves, that the beſt ſecurity
we can take, is ſcarce ſufficient to preſerve a morſel
within our Mouths from rapacious hands. What
would become of us then if our Mouths were open ?
for in no occaſion it imports us more then in our
eating and drinking to keep them ſhut; which was the
Rule that the Marquis Spizol2, obſerved when he
invited the ceremonious Hewrico to his Table ; but
that our Author may be punCtual 1n all points, he
forbids us to belch ; for though it be healthful, yet
it is clowniſh ; believe me, let all caſt ont thoſe had
Fumes engendred | by 111 concoction , thoſe windy
puff, that ſivell them, of which thoſe are moſt fall,
who are emptieſt of ſubſtance : and I wiſh they may
at laſt work out thoſe Fumes from their heads, and
_ therefore when they ſnceze may God help them to
caſt out the Wind of their Vanity, that we may wiſh
them joy of ſo fair a riddance:for all may know by the
althineſs of the Breath , how corrnpted the Air 4s
when
The Spaniſh Critick, 205
when out of its place, Yet there is one Precept of /
Galatew hath much pleaſed me, and ſeems very /
ſound, that ſo may be confirmed that common ſay-
ing,. There is no Book without ſomething good ,
and commendable ; he therefore premiſeth as a ca«
pital Precept, and fundamental point of his cere-
monious Ofhce ; that a Gallant of his making ,
ſhould endeavour above all to ſhine with the Endow.
ments of Fortune, and upon the Baſis of Gold ta
erect a Scheme of Courteſie, Diſcretion, TT;
and other Parts, which commend an accompliſhe
Gentleman ; for if his Fortunes be ſmall, his Trea-
Jury of Knowledge, will be eſteemed but Poor ; nor
ſhall he have the reputation of Wiſe, Diſcreet, Cour-
teous, as if his inward Perfections were to be ſet
oft with an outward foil; this is my opini-
on of Galatew. If this doth not content you ,
ſaid the Bookſeller, becauſe he treats of material*
Ceremonies ,, his Doctrine being only of outward
carriage : Here is then, and it may be better to *T © |
your liking , the Jndicious-and-grave Inſtruftion of
aa de Vere, Which he gave his Son when he ſent.” ©
imto the Court: This ſublime Doctrine is not de- ___ | _
Itrered-with the aftected gravity of a Porzagses, but
IS | | 7 pens Of..Partslegre
cofild ſay when he fent. his Son UPON The Count ©
the Tike occaſion. This Work, OY Ho + te
ed the Courtier, is too ſublime, and
high for me, and fit for thoſe only who move in
the ſupream Sphere of the Commonwealth ; for he
is not to be eſteemed a judicious Workman who ſhall
think to fit a Dwarf with the Shooe of a Giant ;
believe me there is no other Book which Art could |
form more for the purpoſe, or accommodated to the
humours of Madrid ; I know that my.Heterodox and
9”: +
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ho6 The Spaniſh Critick.
| perhaps Stoical Tenents may have cauſed Men to cen-
; Jure me as Cynical; yet I ſhall ſooner prefer Truth,
* then flatter others in their own ſenſe and fancies. Let
New: merell u the Book, that you ſhould ſeek,and read,is *
Lit mer omer*s D Des "Bit hold,” y.
' > + {elF, Tel there be 7 Miſtak ke: Do_.you...thipk_ the
mw JaHgerans Golf he writes'of, is in Sicllys. and that
the Swens inhabit on thoſe Sands with. theix Faces
ike Women, and their Tails like Fiſh, or that the
| + of Deceit.and Caribdis of Falſi = thoſe Women you”
| ' | ſrepaſs _— ſo wantonly Modeſt, and ſo delolutely
; compoſed, are the true Syrexs, and falſe Women,
— Whoſe end is monſtrous,” and the remembrance of
_ | them diſpleaſing. _ It was not ſufficient that cautious
Ulyſſes ſtopt his Ears, unleſs he had-bound_him{ctf-
| ..to the Main-maſt of Vertue, and flying from theſe:
FR. CO, ſteered his Ship to the Haven of Se--
There are Cirzes, who with the fotre-ot-.
| ' Map ick Charms;have bewitched men in that manner,
55 thar wy have transformed them into Brutes. What,
E _— ay. of ſo many Cyclopſes , as fooiff,"as"arro-
aaving bnt one eye, have yer-fixed-that
© > he Objects of their own appetite , andre»
|
|
'* ſumption: umpelons* This very Doo k you turn over; ſhall;as-
We: [EY rey ouFTteps, and teach you like Ulyſcs to:
eſcape this Rock, and 'as "hope, difereyan from”
e monſtrous encounters,which threat ten your de-
ES Upon this recommendation they took
| his counſel, and paſſed forward, much ed by
| what the Courtier had adviſed, and UI lyſſes taught.
' They met with no Friend nor Kinſman, no Acquain»
' tance, becauſe they were poor, and in a_mean cane
/ dition, Nor
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The Spaniſh Critick. 297
Nor could Cr: diſcover his defired Felifluds;and (©
finding themſelves deſtitute of all relief, and deſpi-
ſed becauſe in want, Crit:lodetermined to make uſe
of the vertue of ſome Oriental Stones, which the fa.
vour of the Seas had reſerved to him in his Ship-
wrack : but eſpecially to make experience how well
the ſolidity of his Diamond could conquer difficul-
t.cs, and whether the rich Emerod ( as Philoſo-
phers write ) had the virtue to reconcile Wills,
and gain Affections, With that he brought them
to light, which at the ſame time worked ſuch mira-
culous effefts, that he ſoon obtained the good will
and wiſhes of all thoſe of the beſt Blood of Spain,
the moſt gallant, diſcreet, and underſtanding, were,
ambitious of his acquaintance. So great was the”
Fame of this Diamond, that it betrayed them into
the Covetous hands of ſome Soldiers, but were
freed from them by a multitude of Friends, who ;
courted their Friendſhip, and deſired to be of their ;
Kindred; they gained more Coſins then a King, '
and- Nephews then a Pope, all which the Fame of ,
this Diamond had created. But the moſt pleaſant /
accident was that which happened to Andrenio, for;
in paſling through the great Street to the Palace ,!
came a'Page to him, gaudy in his Livery, and free
in his Garb, drew out a fold of a Letter, which he
kept cloſe up, giving him only leave to look onthe
Firm which was ſubſcribed a Coſin and Servant of
yours 3 11. it ſhe congratulated his ſafe arrival ar thg
Court, much complaining that he who was wy
near Blood to her, was yet ſo much a Stranger
unknown, with all deſiring him not to fail to come
and ſee her, for that Page was there to direC(t hing
the way, and ſhow him her lodging. Andrento was
much ſurprized to hear the name of Cozen, __
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203 The Spaniſh Critick.
' believed he had no Mother ; but being more ex-
' cited with curioſity to try the event, then with
' hopes of unknown embraces, together with the
| Page went direftly to the houſe; But what ſtrange
; ſucceſſes befel him there, is related in the following
| Criſis,
The Spaniſh Critick, 209
The Twelfth C xt s 1s.
The Charms of Falſe Syrens.
Hough Solomon was the wiſeſt of Men, yet he
was the moſt deceived by Women, and having
been the moſt amorous perſon in the World, he was
beſt able to give a Character, and a report of their
Nature, which was this, That an Evil Woman
15a great Evil to Man, and his worſt Enemy ; ſhe is
more ſtrong then Wine, more powerful then a
King , and being all Falſity, 1s not afraid to bid
open defiance unto Truth. Lefs dangerous to us
are the Rancours, and Malice of an Enemy, then the
Embraces, and Careſles of a falſe Woman, ſaid he,
who ſpake the wiſeſt; for leſs hurtful 1s it, to be
purſued by the threatning Dart of a Man, then to
have a Woman follow our ſteps with pretenſions of
Love, She 1s not one Enemy alone, but many com-
plicated in one; and in her hath Malevolence pla-
ced its Ammunition, and Artillery againſt us, ſhe 1s
compoled of Fleſh to diſcompolſe carnal Man ; the
World cloaths her, and that ſhe may conquer Man,
makes a World of her, and the Devil oyer thoſe
Garments which the World gave her, caſts a Cloak
of deceitful Embraces, She 1s a Gerion of _—
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DO SOmS. ——» oe ———_— _ _—
_ - heres. em. — euenes
7M
210 The S8paniſh Critick,
[The triple Cord, and Snare of our Liberty, which
lis hardly broken. Hence doubtleſs it is , that.all
{the _cyils of the World have Attributes of the Fe-
er, as the Furies, Deſtinies, Sirens, Har-
ies, for all thoſe Evils may be unitedin the wicked-
nels of one bad Wottian: Diffetent Paſſions have
their ſeveral times, and ſeaſons of age, in which
beir ſtrength is moſt vigorous to encouter Man,
ome in Youth, others in Old age; but a Woman
ithout reſpect of years, Is an importunate Tor-
entor in all Ages; neither 1s Youth ſecure from
her, nor Ripe, nor Old age; neither the Wiſe, nor
nn nor =_ a Saint can ſay that he 1s invulne-
e
rable in thoſe temptations; for ſhe as a common
Enemy always wages War, and yet is ſo familiar ,
[ that ſhe hath corrupted all the. Seryants of the Soul
' to aſliſt and favour her; the eyes conſent to the
entrance of her Beauty, the Ears are raviſhed with
her Voice, the hands attract her, the Lips whiſper
- | Her name; the Tongue reſounds her praiſes, the
. Breaſt ſighs aftcr her, and the Heart cloſes with her,
/ If ſhe be beautiful, others ſeek her, if ill favoured,
| ſheſeeks others, and had not Heaven provided that
beauty ſhould be the ordinary Throne
| The Throne of Of Folly , there would not have re-
Foby. malned a Man with breath, if liberty
| be eſteemedthe formality of life. O!
how amazed Critilo endeavoured.to deliver deceived
Andrenio, but with ſmall ſucceſs and advantage to et-
ther. For Andrenio departed blind to ſeek light at the
Houſe of Fire and Flames, he conſulted not firſt
with Critilo, fearing his ſevere life would prevent
him; wherefore guided only by a filly Page , he
walked ſometime through turnings and windings of
many vtreets difcourling in this matiner, My Lay
al
| The Spaniſh Critick.
ſaid the Boy, the honelt falſe Syrena lives retired
from the World, eſtranged from the Tumults of the
Court, which 1s a life ſhe chuſes both as moſt agree-
able to her melancholy humour,and as moſt healthful
and pleaſant, whilſt ſhe diverts her ſelf in the ſweet
Air of the Country, and in her chearful Gardens.
At laſt they came to a houſe which in outward ap-
pearance promiſed no great commodiouſneſs, much
tels magniticence, which took much off from the
expectation of Ardrenio, and at the beginning dil-
pleaſed him : but as ſoon as he entred in, he leem-
ed to have been enwrapped into the Palace of A4u-
rora, for the entrance was firſt into an open Court,
a Capacious Theatre of Miraculous appearan-
ces, and the Houſe quiet, and {tll, withour noiſe,
or diſturbance; Inſtead of firm Atlantes the Pillars
to ſupport it, the Court was encircled with beauti-
ful Nymphs moſt artificially worked, and engraved,
bearing on their tender ſhoulders a Heaven crown-
ed with Seraphims, but not with Stars; in the centre
or middle ſpouted a pleaſant Fountain , emitting
ſucceſſively Flames and Water ; it was made in the
form of a Cupid, attended on by the |
Graces, and by their Hands ſupplied rove neeping
with Darts, which continually ſhot a #urns,
{corching Shower both of Water and
Fire : Theſe Flouds paſt continually through Pipes
of Alablaſter as white as Snow, and gliding {wittly
along, one part of the Stream ſeemed to purlue the
other, murmuring afterwards at thoſe whom at their
firſt ſource their bubling Voice ſeemed to latter.
At the end of the Court ftood a wreen Cyprels ,
which appeared beautiful to a curious Eye; its
Bowes were more luxuriant then fruitful, all Flower
and Bloſſom, but nothing came to maturity, nor pro-
VC
212 The Spaniſh Critic,
hn: correſpondent to the preceding hopes : It waz
encircled with delightful Flowers, which ſent forth
{ odours of a ſtrong fragrancy, The Birds alſo
; Teemed to bid him welcome, and a gentle breath of
| Air whiſtling through the T rees, joined 1in confort
: with the Birds, All which he eſteemed as happy
{ omens 2nd courteous ſalutationsto bid him welcome,
; or indeed rather to bid him farewel, The Garden
| was fitted to nouriſh penſive thoughts, for whoſoever
| walxzed 1n 1t, fell into melancholy and deep imagi-
| rations. Axdrenio went ſtill toward the pleaſures,
/ and delights of the middle, where the Spring ſtood
ſ>inning Flax into [aſmines, [ mean thevain Venus of
this Cypreſs, for never was Cyprus
Cyprus ax without Veaw. At Jus coming Fal-
te ln: fr firena went forth ALLIWL ard
/8"i- comerteiting ing a Sun 1n Her Imiles,
Ponte: a; atforming a Halmoon with her
' Arms, encloſed Kttrifrthe Heaven of her Embraces,
; Shetimes ſhe chid him , anon ſhe ſpoke kindly ,
| often repeating, O Coſin ! O dear Axdrenio! thou
; art as welcome asdeſired;and as ſhe ſpake ſhe changed
!f: her tone at every word, ſtringing Pearls thread
jt] by thread, ' ſhe twiſted. ereayed” Fatfities.
H6iw 1s it, ſaid ſhe, that having a houſe To Tolely
devoted to your. ſervice you ſhould obſcure your
{elf inan Inn ; perhapsthe poor entertainment you
may find here would move you nothing, yet the
obligations of Blood and Conſanguinity which I
have to you might invite you. I look on you, and
cannot but call to mind the beauteous Features of '
your Mother in your Countenance 3 in truth you
very much reſemble her,nor can I ſufficiently wonder
that you ſhould be ſo ſtrange here, but I confider
that you are a Novice and a young Courtier. Ma-
dam,
The Spaniſh Critich, ; 213
dam, faid he , T muſt confeſs I am ſomething ama*-
zed to hear you ſay, you are my Colin, who am ig-
norant of that Mother that brought me forth ;. nor
do I think my ſelf ungrateful or ſtupid in it, in diſ-
owning them who neglected me ;I have none of my
Blood, nor Kindred, ſuch a Product, and Child |
am nothing ; adviſe.your ſelf, and conſider better,
if you may not probably miſtake me for ſome of a
more happy and fortunate condition. Alas, ſaid
ſhe, Andrenio no, I know you well, know who you
are, that you were born in an Iſle encempalled
with the waters of the:greateſt Seas: I know very
well, that your Mother and my Aunt, and Miſtreſs,
O! how beautiful ſhe was, and therefore unfortu-
nate, how modeſt 2nd diſcreet a Lady, but how like
a Danae, ſhe eſcaped from Deceit, how like a He-
tex in her flight, how like a Lucretia from violence,
and like an Exropa frotn ſpoils? Feli-
finda thus arriving here, for ſo was her pidences of
' Name of bleſſed memory, Andrenis L#ve.
was much moved to hear her named
for his Mother, who he had heard was the Wite of
Critilo: Which paſſion and change jn.bu as.
obſerved b 2 Andrenio urged much
to know the reaſon of this accident; for I have
heard oftentimes,ſaid he, of this Name. To which
ſhe replied, that you may know I do not lie, take
theſe particulars: Feli;udz was married with a
Gentleman as paſllionate in her love, as diſcreet ,
who was prifoner in Goa, who yet at her depar-
ture carried him impreſſed on her Heart, and you
in her Womb, as a Pawn 2nd Pledge of her Matri-
moniat Bed; but the time being expired, and her
Travels coming, on her , brought forth you 1n an
Iſle, giving heaven innumerable thanks, which hac
Q 2 {0
|
Hike Cats, grown dam at the Rayes of the Sun in
2 14 The Spaniſh Critich.
fo providently preſerved both her credit, and fafe-
ty ; neither would ſhe truſt her Maidsthe enemies of
ſecreſie, but committing her ſelf to the ſtrength of
her own Valour, and Honour, was the only Mid-
wife to bring you to light, and caſting you- on the
Fa'th, more compaTionate then our own Bowels,
committed your helpleſs Body to: the Mantles of
Graſs, and tothe protection of pious Heaven, which
was not deaf te her prayers, but provided you a
Nurſe, though a Beaſt, which was not the firſt
time, nor ſhall be the laſt, that they as Subſtitutes
bave and ſhall ſupply Maternal abſence. Oh ! how
often ſhe hath reld me this, with more tears then
words, by which one may caſily perceive with how
mach Paſſion ſhe related it. How much will ſhe re-
joice when ſhe ſees you, and- in what manner will
ſhe now make amends for her unhumane cruelty ,
to which once ſhe was compelled through the ſence
of her Honour,
Andrenio was much amazed to hear the riddle of
I1is life thus expounded, and comparing theſe par-
ticular circumſtances with his former knowledge ;
his tender diſpoſition cauſed him to burſt into-tears,
and to diſſolve his heart into drops through the
condudCt of Mis eyes. Let us leave off, faid ſhe,
leave off the thoughts of paſt ſorrows,
Trarseaſe Sor» and let not antient griets recover a
row, new force to oppreſs your heart ;
ſet us go up, ſee my poor, but now
only happy Cottage: bring us a Banquet, and Col-
lation, for in this houſe never can want a kind en-
tertainment : Thus we may now fancy them going
up the Stairs of Porphiry, or of the Perfidious ;
but we ſhall ſoon find them coming down with eyes
his
The Spaniſh Critick. 215
his brighteſt Sphear, and winking at the Moon in
her ſeveral Changes: Every Room was obſerved to
be ſquare, and well-ordered, the Roof of admi-
ral artifice, which reſembled a Heaven, at the ſight
of which many contemned the real glory of the co.
leſtial Stars. There were Manſions and Habitati-
ons for all times, and ſeaſons, even for thoſe that
are palled, and all rarely worked, and adorned ; ſhe
continually told Andrenio all this is youts, as it is
mine. During this delitious Collation, the Graces
entertained hin with Songs and Muſick, and the
Cirtes enchanted him, There is no way now, ſaid
ſhe, Coſin, but you muſt itay here, and you ſhall
need to be. at no farther charge, then-at the colt of
your own pleaſure : order that your Portmantles be
brought hither, and though this Houſe ſhall furniſh
you with all conveniencies, yet T would not have
you looſe any thing of your own; your felf ſhall
not need to go forth for any thing, for my Servants
fall readily perform your commands in bringing
hither your Baggaze, and fatisfying the Reckoning
which is due in your Inn, It 1s necellary, replied
Andrenio, that I ſhould go my ſelf, for know thar [
am not alone, but the favour you do mult be double,
and be beſtowed on another beſides my ſelf, for I
muſt give an account of this to Crzilo my Father.
How, to your Father, who is he, faid Falfirena 7
I call him Father, who hath performed the office
of it, in being my Tutor ; and if your Relation be
true, he is my natural Father, for he is the Husbard
of Feli/inda, the Gentleman who was Priſoner in
Goa. Go, ſaid the Falſirena, go inſtantly, and ſtay
not qgne minute before you return, and bring Critils,
with you, for ] will neither eat nor ſleep til] I am
bleſſed again with your return. Thus parted Ar-
3 drenio,
216 The Spaniſh Critick.
drenio, accompanied with the ſame Page, one of her
own Creatures, and her moſt faithful Spy : when
they were come to their Lodging, they found Critilo
much troubled, and in a thouſand thoughts; but ſo
ſoon as Anarenio ſaw him,he caſt himſelf down at his
feet, kiſſing his hands, and ſaying, O Father! O
Tutor ! for my very Heart and Mind tells me the
ſame. What Novelty 1s this, demanded Critilo ?
You knovy, anſwered he, it is not ſtrange for me ta
ſtile yon ſo; for beſides thole antient obligations [I
have to. you, my Bloud cries now in my Veins, ang
acknowledgeth you to be him, who begot me foE
know, Sir, that you have not only given me my be-
1 ing, but þy your inſtructions have produced in me,
thoſe qualities which become a Man, and my Mother
is your Wife Feliſjnda : This relation I received
from a Couſin, the Daughter of my Mothers Siſter,
and at this inſtant I am returned from her, to inform
you ſo much, What means this of Couſin, demand-
ed Critilo ? this name ſounds not well to me, .Why
not, ſaid Andrenio for ſhe is a Woman well-
faſhioned, and ſeems diſcreet, let us return to-her,
where we ſhall hear again related this never unwel-
come Hiſtory, At this Critilo ſtood ſomething in
ſaſpence, and though he heard theſe particular cir-
cumſtances, yet he feared the many inventions and
E: artifices of the Court. Howſoever, as we all are;
| being credulous of what he deſired, under preterice
of informing himſelf better, they both went to the
| Houſe of. Falfrena. It ſeemed not now the ſame,
E- but ſomething . better adorned, with a ſtate and
gracetulneſs that made the reſemblance of Heaven,
| You are welcome,..faid ſhe, Critilo. to this your
| Honfe, whole want of being acquainted with it can
| | only he an excuſe for not honouring it betore.
| | Coulin,
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Couſin, I believe hath already informed you of thoſe
mutual ties and obligations we have of Bloud, and
Kindred, and that his Mother and your Wife the
beautiful F eliſfinda, was my Aunt, and Miſtreſs, to
whom I owe more for her courteous offices of friend-
{hip, then on the ſcore and natural tie of Bloud :
I have ſufficiently felt the want of her, and already
bewatled it. At this Crztilo ſtarted, and ſaid, Is ſhe
dead then ? No, replicd ſhe, not ſo bad, for her
abſence is ſufficient; her Parents are dead, princt-
pally cauſed by a diſcontent they took, to ſee, that
amongſt ſo many Rivals, which ſtood in competiti-
on tor her Beauty, her conſtancy to you, would give
her leave to make choice of none, She afterwards,
under the charge and pretection of that great Prince
Emballador now in Germany for tlus our Catholick
Monarch, went to accompany her Kinſwoman the
Marqueſs, with whom ſhe now lives happy, and
contentea, and may God in his good time. return
her again to us in ſafety : but I remained with my
Mother, her Siſter, and though alone and thus de-
terted, yet with ſuſhcient ſupport to maintain our
neceſſities both of Lite, and Honour ; but as misfor-
tunes come not alone, 1o I having firſt Joſt her, ſoon
after, my grief having a little pauſe, 1 loſt my Mo-
ther too, whole dcath I partly believe was occa-
ſioned by her abſence : My Kindred now remain-
ing are my only comfort, to all l owe duties of kind-
neſs, Vertue being my ſtudy, and my- endeavour to
inherit the honor of my Parents, as being one of
thoſe who owe moſt to the Piety, and good ex-
ample of their Anceſtors : This is my Houſe, but
hereafter no more to be named mine, but yours for
ever, as long as your lite ſhall laſt, and may it be
as durable as Neſtors, Let me now condutt you 11to
Q 4 ſome
218 The Spaniſh Critick.
ſome of my Rooms, and chiefeſt Galleries, which
they found full of Roſes and Perfumes ; all of them
were hnng with admirable Pieces and Pictures limb-
ed by the moſt artificial Pencils; in fome of which
they ſaw deſcribed the Succels and Tragedies of
their own]ives,which they with aſtoniſhment beheld,
admiring as well the Art, as the plain Deſcription of
this unknown Hiſtory: Now not only A=drenio, but
allo Critilo, was perſwaded of her affection, and of
the reality of that information ſhe gave them ; ſo
that making their excuſes with thankfulneſs , they
began to contrive the ſending for their Bag gage ,
and amongſt that, fome precious Stones, which were
left of the ruines of Cyitilo's periſhed houſe; which
being brought, and they had over-viewed them, he
judged them a due Preſent for Ladies of Pleature,
with whom he now drank in a full Cup tothe health
of Falſirena;, which Jewels after ſhe had much com-
mended for the luſtre] and perfeCtions of them, ſhe
commanded ſome of her own to be brought, which
ſhe chearfully deſired him to enjoy ; but Critilo ra-
ther beſeeched her to keep is for him, and ſhe as
gracefully accepted the Profer. ' Critilo ſtill ſighed
for his Ioſt Felifinda, and one day at Table propo-
ſed to make a journy into Germany z but Andrenio al-
rcady enamoured , an captivated with affection of
his Couſin diverte 1 the diſcourſe, much diſpleaſed to
hear of his departure, 2nd -ſne cunningly praiſed his
reſolution, but yet propounded difficulties, and ad-
viſed him to prolong 1t, until a time of better con-
' veniency. ' But there offering now an opportunity,
that he might be entred into the ſervice” of the
preat Phenix of 'Spain, which went tocrown her ſelf
with the' Eagle of the Empire, Andrenio had no fat-
ther excuſe, ow ove: he Crane for the Journy,
9. 4 als
The Spaniſh Critick, 219
Falfirena made a motion of ſeeing the two Mira-
cles of the World, the Eſcurial tor Art, and Arax-
jaez, for Nature, the paralel lines of the Sun of
Axſtria in his ſeveral times, and ſeaſons, But 4»-
drenio was ſo blind in his Paſſion, and his Eyes fo
wholely darkned, that he had no light remaining
to ſee other curioſities of Art, or Nature: for the
Falfirens having bewitched him, Crztilo jn vain uſed
perſwaſions and reaſons for his departure, but at
laſt his ſight not only left him, bur his hearing, and
from blind he became deaf alſo. In hne Cr1ls re.
ſ{olved,though unaccompanied to pay that juſt debt to
his curioſity, leſt afterwards he ſhould be troubled
he had not ſeen the high admiration of ail, or his
fancy, and imagination check him for contemning
the {light of the greateſt Wonder in the
World. So that thither he went alone, Zſcurja).
though to admire for many. He received
| - in this great Temple of the Catholick Solomon, the
-only Fabrick excelling the Hebrews glory; not only
a ſatisfaction equal to his former thoughts, but an
amazement 1n exceſs : for there he ſaw the oftenta-
tion of Royal power, the triumph of Catholick
Piety, the perfection of ArchiteCture reſtored; the
Pomp both of antient and modern curiolity , the
laſt eſſay of growing Art, and where Greatneſs,
Riches, and Magnificence concurred in one Centre,
From hence he went to Aranuez, the conſtant habi-
tation of the Spring, the Country of
Flora, her Arbour of Delight in all "ra
Months of the year, the Preſervative rode kf
for Flowers; the Centre of Delights ;ry zouſes.
and Content : by both which Won-
ders, he remained with ſach admiration imprinted
in him, as well ſufficient for his whole life to ad-
miſter
Aranjuez one
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220 The Spaniſh Critick.
miniſter matter of contemplation. From thence he re-
turned again toMadrid,much pleaſed to have ſatisfied
his cyrioſity, intending to lodge again in the Houſe
of Falfrens: but now he found it ſhut more cloſe
then a Treaſury, and more filent then a Deſert : his
impatient Servant knocked often at the door,and the
ſound of every ſtroak made an Eccho in the heart
of Critilo. The Neighbors being diſturbed with the
continued noiſe, bid them not trouble themſelves any
more, for there lived none, they all weredead. Cri-
ti ſtartling 2t that, replied , Did there not live
a Principal Lady here, whom not many days ago I
left well, and in good health? One hearing him {ay
Good, laught, Pardon me, faid he, I do not believe
it, nor is ſhe a perſon of good quality, added an-
other, who conſumes her time in youthful plea-
ſures. Nor yer a Woman, faid a third, but a Har-
Py, and the worſt Woman of this worlt and preſent
age,
Critilo could ſcarce perſwade himſelf what
| Fe deſired not to hear, but turned back again to de-
| mand if Falfirexa dwelt not there : But in the mean
time one came to him, and told him, that he ſhould
; Not trouble himſelf; for it was true that not many
{ days ago, there was one dwelt there; a Carces,
| and a Syren, for her Enchantments, and one that
&ould raiſe Tempeſts, and vexatious Storms; for
E: beſides that, ſhe was wicked,”and diſſolore; The was
T7 3 Famous Witch, a renowned Enchantreſs having
\\ the power to metamorphoſe Men out of their own
Il ſhapes into.. that of ,Brutes , and particularly into
| Aſſes, not of Gold, but of tticir own Folly and Po-
verty. In the Streets of this Court walk thouſands
/ conyerted into ſhapes, not humane, becauſe _—
wit
The Spaniſh Critick, 221 |
with all kind of beaſtly affections, That which I
can allure you for truth is, that in thoſe few days 1
have been an Inhabitant here, I have ſeen many gn;
ter in, but none go out, and in as much as this Sy
ren is half a * Fiſh, ſhe fiſheth away
their Wealth and Livelihood from all #*4 Maremaid.
that know her ; their Jewels, Cloaths,
Liberty, Honour, and that her Frauds may not be
diſcoyered, ſhe changes every day. I do not: meal
her conditions, nor cuſtoms, but her place and reſi
dence, leaping from one end of the Townunto an-
other ; that it 1s impoſſible to have the leaſt hopes
to find her : Another trick ſhe hath, being the com-!
paſs by which ſhe ſteers the courſe of her Policies J
and that 1s, that when a Forraigner comes rich
and wealthy, ſhe preſently informs her ſelf, who he
is, and from whence and to what purpoſe he came,
endeavouring to know the particulars of his Name,
and Family, and 1o accordingly calls her ſelf by the!
name of Couſin, or Siſter, and gives her ſelf ſome
Appellations of their Houſe, and Family ; ſhe changes!
as often Names, as Places, ſometimes ſhe 1s Czicilia,
anon Sirena, Taes jTereſa, Tomaſa, Duiteria : and with
theſe Arts ſhe deſtroys and ruines others, but tri-/
umphs her ſelf, and grows rich with the ſpoils ; bu
Critilo could not fatisfie himſelf, with the belief ©
thele Stories,, and therefore deſirous to enter in
demanded if the Key were at hand. Yes, an{were
one, I have it committed to me in courteſie to ad
mit thoſe i in, who come to ſce it. With that hg
opened it, which when they had entered : This,
ſaid C ritilo, is not the Houſe, or I am blind; the
other was a Palace. It is true replied he, whilſt it
Was enchanted, and the moſt of this nature = fl
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Here are no Gafdens, but heaps of Moral filth ,
the Fountains are become gutters, and finks to con-
vey ordure and = grow vary. and the ſtatelieſt Rooms
/ are bntSties,and neſts of uncleanneſs, Hath this Sy-
| rex fiſht any thing from you ? tell us the truth. I
mnſt confeſs yes, ſome Jewels, Pearls, Diamonds ; but
what I am molt ſenſible of, 1s the toſs of a friend, I
know not whether moſt by her fault, or his wilful
| ©bſtitacy, of whether in the form of a Beaſt, ſold
\ to his own own Luſts,. he wanders through this City.
' O my Andrenio! ſaid he, ſrghing, where art thou ?
; He ſought him in every houſe, which gave occaſion
; of Mitth to ſome, but to himſelf of Sorrow, and
/ ſo taking his Jeayeof them, he retired to his former
' Lodgings.
He pave a.thouſand turns throngh the Court ,
5nd riohe could give afy account or advice con-
cerning him 3 for of a good, and happy ſucceſs ,
there are but few informers, he having with dili-
#cfice broken his Brains, and drained his Wits to
diſcover him, at laſt he refolved to return again,
and conſult with Artemia,and fo he de-
The Sixth parted from Madrid , according ro
Sence. cuſtom, poor, deceived, repenting ,
| and melancholy. He had not gone
far, before he metwitha Man of a far diſſtrent di(-
Prue then thoſe 'that he had Hicherro ſeen,
ie ſeetned to be a ſtrange Prodigy of Natute, for he
had fix Senices,one mote then ordinarily Men are en-
aned with, This was a Novelty to Cris, for ma-
ny with leſs then five he had ſeen, but none with
| More; Some there ate without eyes that ſee not
clearly, but grope in the dark, ftamble againſt
' Blocks, nd yet never ffacken their pace, not knowing
/ whefe they go. There are ſome that are deaf to
EN . words,
The Spaniſh Critick. 223
words, and capable of nothing but the ſound of
air, of noiſe, of flattery, vanity, and falſity; there /
are ſome who have no ſmell, and leaſt of any, ſmell.
out the favour of their own Houſes ar home, whilſt
all the World beſides receives it hot in their Noſtrils,
and thoſe whom it lealt concerns, have the ſtrongeſt
Sent of it; Theſe ſentleſs Animals are ſtuft in'their
Heads againſt the Smells of a good repute, either:
of their own, or that of their enemies, and having,
Noſes only to wind the ſent of ſmall PunCilio's of
Honour, are not touched with the fragrancy which
proceeds from the perfume of true Vertue: There
are ſome alſo without any kind of Taſte, diſreliſh-
ing all things of ſubſtance and wholeſome Nutri-
ment, and are diſtaſteful m their Society z others
being unſavoury to them , as they are to others:
Another thing they hinted, which was very obſer-
vable, that he had met with many, and thoſe he
could nominate who had no feeling, and leaſt in
their hands, where that ſence commouly is moſt
tender ; for they handle not their affairs firſt, and
make tryal before they proceed; but being hurried
with a certain eagerneſs, their hands neither pon-
derate their actions, nor their reaſon compares them
with former examples, But he whom Craile thus;
occaſionally met, was one different to all others;
for beſides thoſe five Senſes which were moſt acute
and vigorous in him, he had another Senſe, which
was more advantageous then all the reſt; for it
is that which gives life to Men, and awakens them
to diſcourſe, and ſearches out the moſt hidden ſe-
creſie, contrives, invents remedies, gives us tongues,
with confidence to ſpeak, feet to run, and wings to
fly, and a prophetick ſpirit to divine future acci-
dents; and this is neceſſity, it is a thing very m"_
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rable and uſeful, for though the Object wants, yet
the defect is ſupplyed by the ingenulty it begets :
it is witty, inventive ,cautious, active, acute, and is
a Sence which for its excellency hath preheminency
over all the others,
Critilo had no ſooner this knowledge of him, but
how well, faid he, may you and I join in company
together ; I am glad I have met with you, and though
misfortunes do uſually attend me, . yet now I ac-
count my ſelf happy, and ſo related to him the
whole ſtory of the misfortune which had befallen
him in the Court. I believe you,ſfaid Epenio, for ſo
was both his name, and nature, and though my
Journy is to the Grand Fair of the World , pub-
liſhed on the Confines of Youth, and Manly age,
the great Gateof Life; yet to. ſerve you, kt us go
to the Court, where l will employ all my ſix Serces
in ſearch of him , and whether Man or Beaſt I
make no doubt, but to diſcover him : ſo having entred
in, they ſought him with all attention ; firſt on the
Theaters, and amongſt the Comedians, in the com-
| moneſt Streets, in the openeſt Markets, where they
: met great Mules. tailed one tothe other, every one
follovied treading on the heels of him that went
' before; their Baskets were fo laden with Gold and
: Silver, that they groaned under their Burden, their
: Sumpter-Cloaths were fringed with Gold, and Silk,
| and ſome of theſe wore Plumes of Feathers on their
Heads, being oftentimes the Trap-
| The Nobility, Pings of Beaſts , and their Pectorals
of Gold made a gpingling as they
| moved. He may be ſome of theſe, faid Critilo.
{ No, replyed Egexio, for theſe are, 1 mean, have
been great Men, on whoſe backs the heavy Burdens
of the Commonwealth haye been laden; and though
you
The Spaniſh Critick. 225
you now ſec them gallantly adorned, yet take but
off their rich Saddles, and you ſhall diſcoyer their |
backs ſo galled and feſtered, that there is ſcarce a |
place free from the Boyles of Vice. See if he be ©
amongſt any of theſe Country people, who drag |
and draw the Cart with creaking Wheels. Nor
none of theſe neither, for theſe caſt their eyes
downward, having no thoughts of Honour, and
therefore contentedly ſuffer. See yonder is a Parrot:
which calls us, perhaps it may be he, No, ' no,
don't give ear to his call, for this is but a Flatterer,
which never meant what he ſpeaks. There is a
kind of a Politician of this ſort, that hath one thing
in his Beak, and another in his Heart |
Idle Praters, AaPrater which only repeats the words
of others, that imitates Men, but is |
not ſuch, and goes clad like a Parrot all in green,
expects to receive the reward of Jeſts, and accor-
dingly receives It in earneſt; nor doth this formal
Cat ſeem to be he which hides his Claws and ſhows |
his Beard. There are many, faid Egenio, of this
ſort who lie at the catch, and ſtrike not only ar '
onen, but at ſecret and guarded evils; butto judge |
rightly, we may call theſe Men of the Pen ; and
that old Dog which ſtands barking yonder, What
is he? He is a bad Neighbor, one.
A Backbiter, Who never ſpake well of any, he is
emulous, of a bad intention, melan- |
choly, and that paſles for one of the ſeventy. 1
know he cannot be that Baboon which makes mi-
mical Faces, and ſcrews himlelf in fo various poſtures
in yonder Balcony: O he is a grand Hypocrite !
who would ſeem, and only imitate good Manners,
and Piety of the Religious, and yet is not ſo; he
may be ſome graye Accountant, or I |
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' ſome Clerk, or Writer of Burleſque; and being a
Man always in jeſt, never deal in earneſt, bur is
The Spaxiſh Critich.
made up all of flaſhes, and little ſub-
A place where Itance. Nor can he be amongſt the
Lyons are kept. Lions and Tigers of the Retiro, . for
| thoſe are a People made up of Pro-
celles, Writs, and Executions. - Nor yet is he a-
mongſt the Swans in this Pond : for thoſeare Scrive-
ners and Lawyers, Men of the Quill, Yonder | ſee
an unclean Beaſt pradigally wallowing in the Mireof
| his own beaſtly Appetite, which he calls and believes
to be Flowers. It 1t be any it muſt be he, replicd
Egerio, for theſe are the Unclean and Laſcivious ,
| who are ſo choaked in the fth of
Diſhazneft. their own vile Delights, that whoſo-
ever ſees them, does abhor and abo-
minate them, and theſe think the Mire to be Heaven,
and fmmell not the ill favour which proceeds from the
PutrifaCtion of the World, which they eſteem to be
a Perfume, and a fragrant odour, far excelling the
ſweetneſs of Paradice ; let me ſee if this be he. No,
no, it 1s not he, but a Wretch whoſe Riches and
pamnens Body, ſhall at his death make a joyful day
or his Heirs, and feaſt for the Worms. Is it pol-
{ible, complained Critilo, we cannot find him amongſt
all theſe Brutes we have feen, nor among(t theſe
many Droves we haye encountred ? Neither
drawing the Coach of the Harlot, nor carrying the
Chair of one greater and heavier then he; nor is it he
| whoſitsin his Litter in falſe Latin,and out of it ſcarce
in $999 Spaniſh , or that Pack-horſe of corrupted
Cuſtoms. Is it poſlible theſe Circes ſhould disfigure
and diſguiſe a Man in this manner ? Thus may 50ns
beguile their Fathers, and make them mad with
! faloulic that they are not their own, who are not
conrenc
The Spaniſh Critick. 227
content only to ſtrip them of the Garments of their
Bodics, but of thoſe alſo of their Mind, degrading |
them of the very formality and eſſence of Man:
But tell me Egenio when we find him thus changed
into a Beaſt, how can we reduce him him again, and
reſtore him to his former condition and ſhape of”
Man ? When we have found him, replied he, the
buſineſs will not be drfficult, for ſome have perfect-
ly recovered and become themſelves, though others
have always retained ſome tainture and favour of
their former condition; _ Apulejus was i
worſe then any, yet with the Ro[&of Apulzjue.
Silence, anddmirable Meticine againſt
Folly was recovered of his infirmity : for material
pleaſures being well ruminated, and our own cor-
ruptions conſidered, it is a ſoveraign means to take
off the mask' which makes them appear amiable.
The Companions of Vlyſſes were metamorphos'd in-
to Beaſts, and with taſting the bitrer Root of the
Tree of Vertne, recovered the ſweet Fruit of Hn-
manity, We will give him ſome Leaves plucke from
the Tree of Afinerva, which are planted and high-
ly eſteemed in the Garden of the courtly and learn- |
ed Duke of Orleance; and if not, we will give
him ſome leaves of the moral Sage you know |
of, and I am ſure it will prove an infallible remedy to
bring him to himſelf, and ro reſtore his folt Reaſon.
They having thus giyen a hundred turns wirh
more pains then fuccels, at laſt, ſaid Egenio, Thave
conſidered of a better device; ter us go to the
&me houſg where he was laſt, and perhaps, raking
there amangþ the fiſth and ruines of it, we may
find this k wel : ſo thither they went, entered
in, and ſopght him with much diligence, This is
but toft time, faid Egerio, for already I have nar-
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' theſe lay Andrenio {0 changed and _dishgur
\his FARer err Taree The Foe But then he
"cal t:mſelt up6n him ari4"Wept;*And called aloud
; to his deaf ears; his Hands were as cold as Clay,
| no Pulſe beatin?, nor any ſymptoms of Breath oc
| Life, Egenio obſerved that that dim Light, which
' was not the light of a Torch, but of a Hand pro-
| ceeding out of a Wall, which though pale and cold,
| 228 The Spaniſh Critich.
| Towly ſearched that place. But hold, ſaid Fygenss,
| Jet me apply my ſixth Sence, which is the only re-
' medy in this condition. And now he obieryed that
; from one great heap of laſcivious filth proceeded 2
' Smoak very thick, Here, ſaid he, 1s fire, and re-
moving ſome/moral Rubbiſh and Uncicanneſs, there
appeared the Door of a horrid Cave, which when
they had opened with ſome difficulty, they faw by.
| a confuſed twilight of infernal Flames , many dil-
| animate Bodics ſtretched out in the Coſfins of their
| Senſualities. There were ſome young Gallants as
ſhallow and ſhort-witted, as they were long haired ;
ſome alſo Tearned Men, but Fools, rich old Uſu-
{xers, whoſe Eyes, though open, yet ſaw nothing ;
for ſome blinded them with a Linnen Napkin caſt
about their Eycs ; ſome had no other life then what
they gave ſigns by their Sighs and Groans,
Im fins, all were frantick, a ſleep, and naked, no
not a Rag feft them to make a Winding-ſheet,where-
in to bury their inanimate Bodies. In.the midſt of
\ that
was yet adorned with Bracelets of Pearl, purchaſed
| with the the Sighs and Tears of many; the Fin-
gers, which were ringed with Diamonds , bought
with Falfity, burned like Tapers, though they gave
not ſo bright a luſtre, as that Fire which ſcorched
and conſumed their Bowels. What ted mans hand
1s this, ſaid Critilo, one that was "hanged Z' No, re-
plied
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The Spaniſh Critick. 229.
plied Egenio, of the Hangmans rather,” which de- |
{troys, itrangles, and {tifles Breath : They had no
ſooner removed this a little away, but ſuddenly they
began to revive z for whilſt this did burn, their.
ſleep was ſo profound, that there was no pollibility ;
to awake them. They endeavoured to extinguiſh;
it with Water, but could not, for this is the fire of !
N aptha, blown by the blaſts of amo1ous f ghs, and ,
is more enflamed by the water of tears ; but the:
way 4s to caſt dult and earthupon itz for Fi ire, though
as violent as the infernal ,is ſmothered by it. This be-
Ing done they all awaked , and every one hegan im-
wediately to'excule the fault which had brought him !
into that Lethargy.: the graver ſort much aſhamed :
alledged that the diſeaſe was epidemical, and that
theſe flames of uncleanneſs were not only nouriſh-
ed in dryFuel, but-in the ſappy moiſture of greener
Sprouts; the, Juditious exclaimed againſt their own |
folly, and that Paris in affront to Pallas, was young '
and ignorant ; the Diſcreet called it a double mad-
nels. Andrenio amongit the Benjamites, Or young-
Sons of Venus, had a Dart pierced through his .
Heart ; and now ſeeing andacknowledging, Critilo :
went towards him ; W En ne renner
he, How well :;hath this wicked Woman 9 {reatet
700, in texving For withour Eitate, Healt,
non, Conſcience, .hercaitec by experience ear.
ught, you will give both credit to my words,
amd add caution to your ſelf, With that they all
ne. edn began to exclaim againſt. her; ſome
called her the Cyltla of Trory , others the Caribdis of
Emerods , a peared Peſtilence , Poiſon in Near.
here there are Reeds, ſaid one, there is Water,
where is Smoak, there 1 is Fire, where evil Women >»;
are Devils. There is no ercater Evil then a falſe _;:_
R 2 Woman, |
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2309 The $paniſh Critich.
Woman, ſaid an experienced Don, except it be two,
' tn this, faid Critils, that they are witty in nothing
' but in Evil, To which Andyenio replied, that he
| muſt ingeniouſly confeſs, that notwithſtanding all
this Evil they had caſt upon him, he could neither
\ abhor nor forget them ; I aflare you, of all thoſe
; excalencies the World boaſts of, as Gold, Silver,
Stones, Palaces, Gardens, Flowers, Birds, Stars ,
Moon, and Sun it felf, there is none of that Beau-
ty to me as the Woman; nor can Heaven it ſelf
' afford me more happy bliſs and felicity then one of
| the Female Sex, that is amiable in her Counte-
_. nance, and kind in her Embraces to me,
— Theſeare lofty expreſſions, faid Fgento,but Iet us
go from hence, our time here is miſpent, and thoſe *
' TaveQtivesI have to utter againſt a falſe Woman,
are ſuch, that our time is too ſhort to vent them :
So we will double down the Leaf for our diſcourſe in
the way.In this manner they all went forth,and pro-
ceeded to the Light diſguiſed to others, but better
known to themſelves, to vifit the Temple of their
own amazement, there to render thanks to unde-
_ ceiving Light, hanging upon her Walls the Spoils of
| their Shipwrack,and the Chains of their Captiyity.
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The General Fair of the World.
T it a report of antient times, that when God
created Man, he impriſoned the licentious na-
ture of Evils in a profound Abyſs, which ſome ſay
was inthe fortunate Iſlands,and fromthencethey take
their Name and Appellation; for there he reſtrained
the exorbitancy of Crimes and Troubles, Vice, & Pu-
niſhment, War, Famine, PeſtiJence, Infamy, Sadne
and the very Pangs and Torments of Dearth it ſelf,
Thele he linked and chained one within anather,
and not truſting to theſe vile Caxalia, made a Gate
of ſolid Diamond , which he ſhut with a Padlock
of Steel , the Key thereof he delivered: to Man's
Free-W1ll, to make his-Enemy the more ſure, gi-
ving him to underſtand that unleſs he opened the
door, they could never eſcape out to all Eternity,
Contrariwiſe he gave freedom to all other good
things in this World, namely to Felicities, Vertue,
Content, Peace, Honour, Health, Riches, and Life
it ſelf, permitting them to walk and range the World
\ as they pleaſed; ſo Man lived happily till the Wa-
man, moved out of her own curious Fancy , wzs
jmpaticat to diſcover what was contained in that
R 3 fatal
230 The Spaniſh Critick.
! fatal Cavern; fo that one day taking Man in an
' amorous humour by her Carefles and Embraces, ſhe
; hugged fromy him-his Heart;and with that the Key;
which ſhe no ſooner obtained, but without farther
conſideration , ſhe raſhly ſet her hand to open the
; Priſon, where Evils were encloſed. "The Key was
| no ſooner pur into the Hole of the Lock, but the
j Univerſe trembled; andthe bolt thruſt back, out
' came a Flond of Evils, which crowding in multi-
tudes, flew like a whirl-wind throughthe whole cir-
© cumference »of the 'World; Pixjde the Captain of
the Band took TRE Front, and met
Spaiz. , With Spain the firſt Province of Ex-
© _ rpe,and finding tt a place agrecable to
its humour, reſolved-to'take up his habitation there,
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where he * now hves and reigns, ſer '1n the ſame
Throne of his Kindred, ſelf-eſtimation, contempt
; of others, deſire of ſovereignty, and tq be com-
| manded by none. Much is he pleaſed to be ſtilted
| Don Diego, and to boaſt his Lineage and Bloud from
| the Gothr, to make great oftentation'to praiſe him-
\ elf, to ſpeak high and hoarſe, and that with gra-
| vity, diſdain, ation, and with all kind of pre-
| Jumption, which is not an affe&tation only of the
' Nobiliry, but an humonr common to every Plebeiar,
Wok Covetouſneſs overtaking Pride , and
"T | France. Fin Fr2nce in the hands of none;
B Euget ' poſlelſt it ſelf of it, from Gaſcoigne to
{ | Picardy. Its beggerly Family ſpread miſery in eve-
| Fy part, a baſe ignobleneſs of mind, and a ſervile
diſpoſition fit to be made the Slaves of other Nations,
who apply themſelves to vile and mean Offices, ſel-
ting their ſelves to hondage for Intercſt ; their toil al-
; Frays laborious,their bodies naked, their feet unſho'd,
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The Spaniſh Critick, 233
unleſs with * Sabots, all Workman- *
manſhip being cheap by the multi- * ywoodes
tude of ſuch Slaves, - In fine, a dif- Cage.
Poſition to commit the moſt baſe and
vile attempts Tor Mony ;, That tt may well be ſaid
that Fortune , ol onate of their low Spirits, |
made ſome recompence for the common baſeneſs ' /
1 the rare Endowments of their Nohility, who fo- {
much differ in exceljency from the vulgar people,
that they are become two Extremes, without a |
Middle. Deceit paſſed into Ttaly, ta- f
king deep Roorin theT, altanrBrealts. Naly. d
In Naples for their Words, In Genoa
for thir Dealing ; for in that whole Country is the '
Army and Kindred of Falſi ity numerous and ſtrong , :
eceit, Artifices, Inventions, Plots, Treaſons, all
which they ſtike the effects of honeſt Policy, the
order and good management of a profound Brain, |...
ARSE took another courſe, and pal- |
into Africk,, and her ad jacent liles, Africk. *
uri pleaſed with the fierce and rug-
ged converſation of the Alarves, and African Mon-
ſters. Gluttony with her Siſter Drunkennels (exp!
empting that pretious Margarite of {|
Valos ) hath_devoured. both _npper German, j
and lower Germany; for there they |
ſpend days and nights i in luxurious Diet, their Eſtates
5. Conſciences are drowned in their Bowles ; and
thoagh ſome are drunk but once , yet it is a contt-
n:al intoxication their whole life: Theſe Vices it
War devour Provinces, lay Fields waſte, and foj
this reaſon Charles the Fifth compoſed the belly o*
his Army of Germans. Inconſtancy TD
flew into England, Simpliciff Tito Po- zagtand. |
1:4d Inhdelity to Greer, ratbuty * 2s :
| R 4 inth-
o-
| : 34 The Spaniſh Critick.
"Finto Twky , Craft into Meſcovia, Morality into.
ome Injuſtice ifit6 Tartar Lo Iciouſngls 1n-
1 PF}, Cowardiſe Ifito'T tina, Raſhifels to Zapan,
! ati'SToth corftgla places taken up be-
| fore, and. no room left, that ſo ſhe way fore
'ced to paſs into America, and take np her habitg-
tion amanglt the Jndians. Luxury, that famo95"?
ErownedÞp wH#ty, as great, as powerful,
| elLeetpung the bounds of one Province too narrow
a confinement, at laſt extended it ſelf through all
the World, filling it from one end unto the other ;
and fo incorporating it ſelf with other Vices, hath
| taken fo deep a ront in every Nation, that it 1s
7 hard 'to be reſolved which part is moſt polluted
_— —
——_—_—
with this growing infection. Woman being the
\ Hrſt ſubject which Evils encountred\ made Tier their
\{{ Eft Prey, and” from head to fot ſwelled her with
" the Venomof Malice. This was the-diſcourſe Ege-
#70 uſed to his two Companions, after he had can-
ducted them out of the Court, by the Gate of
| Light, which was of the Sun, tq
Puerta del bring them tq the grang fair of the
Sol ' or the World, publiſhed in the great Em»
mY of oo pire which-divides the pleaſant Mea-
7 of ke dows of Youth, from the ruff and
Gates of Ma» Tugged Mountains of Manly age,
drid. ' © Where multitudes of peaple flock tg
VEE buy and- ſell, ſome ſuch as the moſt
diſcreet came only to ſee and ob(crve the conditi-
ons of the vulgar ; they entred through the broad
path of convenience, the univerſal Garden of plea-
ſure,and contentment ; ſame praiſing what others ab-
horred; qs ſoon as they ſet footing on one of theſe
entrances, for many there were, came two prating
Sophiſters, which they called Philoſophers, one of
Ih. Ea | ONE
The Spamiſh Critick, 235
one Sect, and the other of anotherz for all-men
are divided into ſeveral opinions, and every head
begetsa fancy like his own Brain, Socrates invited ©! |
them ( for ſo the firſt was called) to one part of .
the Fair, where thoſe Commodities were ſold, which |
moſt conduced to accompliſh a Man, and to enrich !
him with the Treaſury. of unperiſhable Vertue , _}_
But S$imonides ( for ſo the other was named ) told ©
them, that all the Merchandizes of the World were
reduceable into two Claſſes, Honour,
and Profit; Honour was always full tereſt.
of Vapour and Smoak, and empty of
Subſtance, or Solidity ; but the other was all Ihex-
hauſtible Mine of Gold, the Coffer of Riches, ati |
a Compendium of all Worldly advantages. This { .
I profeſs to you , but the choice I leave to your
own Arbitrement. Theſe different offers greatly per-
plexed their friends which way they ſhould incline,
their opinions being as ups, 977 i their humours
and as they were thus divided, came a Man to
decide the difference , in his hand he brought a piece
of Gold, with which he rubbed theirs, pretending
to know them thereby. What doth this man mean,
faid Andrenio, I am, replied he, the cunning Cri-
tick in judging Mens affections, the Touch-ſtone of
their Humours, How , faid Andrenie; the Touch- |
ſtone? This it i, ſaid he, ſhewing him the Gold.
Thar is a ſtrange Touch-ſtone, ſaid Andrenio, for
it is the Gold that is tryed, rather then the Stone, |
It is true, ſaid he, but the Tonch-ſtone of Men is
Gold, and thoſe to whoſe hands it cleaves, are not
true, but falſe Men : So that a Judge to whoſe:
chmmy Palm the Gold ſticks, we preſently condemn
him for atryed Man, and diſmis him from his Bench!
of Judicature, That Prelate that hoards his Fifty
EY 1 | | LOU»
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236 The Spaniſh Critick.
| thouſand Dollars rent, is not ſo much'to beeſteem.
[ ed golden Mouthed , for his Pious and florid Ser-
kb, as his Cheſt is for the Treaſure it amaſſes,
' That "Officer that ſtrats in his Gold lace, and is clin-
' cant, and Vapours in his Plames of F eathers, ſhews
that he hath diſplumed his Soldiers, and doth nor
faccour the like the valiant Brygonon D. Clandins
| AMarxricith, That Cavalier who Rubricks his Exe-
| Eutions with the Bloud he hath drawn by the inſtru-
; ment of extortion from the Poor, is indeed no
| Gentleman. When the Wife goes gallant, and
| the Husband "poor, it breeds ſuſpition. In fine, all
| theſe whoſe hands are not clean, nor well wiped
| from the clammy Birdlime of Intereſt, cannot be
Men of honeſt integrity. And ſo you, pointing to
| Andrenio, to whoſe Palms Gold wil ſtick, and leave
' Its impreſſion , paſs over to this fide. But he,
inting to Critilo who hath not that clammy
Palm, nor hath the print of Coin on his Fingers
| Ends, Jet him turn up by this way of Integrity.
| But that he-alſo, Teplicd Critilo, meaning Andre-
| wt may do. the fame, it is neceſſary [. ſhould fol-
> "Ld thus going forward , they began their diſ-
courſe by the rich Shops on the right hand, where
! they read an Inſcription, Here is ſo]d the beſt and
| worlt., and going in, they found that they were
on were thoſe that held fi
| which i] bit between their "Teeth, d to
Ut Ne Fa ate; and a little farther ſtood a
' Man making. ſigas-that"they-ftontd be ſilent, fo far
/ he"was Trom crying his Merchandiſe, What Is it
this Man EI faid Andrenio; Wt Ku: k that t -
/} Sefefcla "Tis Pirigers fo hl 1s Mou How hall”
| we now br this manner What 1 it 15 you 7eM?*vIth-
a Our
The Spaniſh Critick, 237
out doubt, ſaid Egenio, he ſells ſilence : It is a Mercy FT.
chandlz important, ſaid. Crizzle, Trhou |
the whtote-ftorehad4"been ſpent in former times, or F
that it was a drug now, and in no demand, TI his \
Commodity 1s brought from Venice, eſpecially Se- |
crelie, which is a Fruit that thele ;
Secreſie, parts do not produce. Who is it then
that ſpends it ? This, replied 4An-
drenio, is a Commodity for melancholy Hermutes , :
Anchorites, and Monks, who only know the uſe 0
it, and ſuck from 1t their beſt advantage. For my
part, ſaid Critilo, I believe the moſt that uſe this,
are generally, not the good, but the bad, Far the |
diſhoneſt conceal their ſin, the Adulterers diſſemble :
their Uncleanneſs, the Aſlaſſinate. covers his Cruel- |
ty, the Thief enters with the ſilent ſteps of his
Woollen Socks. In fine, Sin as aſhamed of it ſelf,
arrives not to that Impudence, as to blow a Trum-
pet before it, but treads ſoftly, ſpeaks not high, !
and goes vailed in all its Enterprizes : But the World |
is changed now, replied Egenio, and this age 1s ar-
rived to that pitch of impudence , that thoſe wha
jhould be ſilent ſpeak moſt, and the debauched per-
{on boaſts -in the number of his iniquitjes. You.
ſhall ſee another, whoſe Nobility is diſgraced by his>
nnſeemly Carriage, and whoſe laſcivious paſtimes
give him but ſmall content, unleſs they appear ime
pudent and ſhameleſs in the face of the World. The
Fencer who plays Prizes, is proud of the many
Scars in his Face, The amorous Boy is pleaſed tq ©
have his Locks and Features commended. The dil-
folute Wife negleCfts her Houſhold affairs, only to |
dreſs her Face. The Thief is not aſhamed of the -
Gallows, and the:Ambitious pleads for -a Title tq .
infcribe over the liſt of his baſe Anceſtqrs. In this
manner
238 The Spaniſh Critick.
| manner we ſee the worſt and moſt wicked, are
thoſe who in the Wor'd make the greateſt noiſe and
b:ſtle. Who then, Sirs, are thoſe who buy ? he that
2 ats not ſpeak ; he who performs his Em-
; pl6yment, and"Tavs nothing , is like Harpocra+
-| ves, who never incurred the cenſure of any, Let
// tis know the Price, ſaid Critilo, for I would buy
; | ſome quantity, for perhaps this Commodity is not
{ © oO be afforded in another place. The Price, reply-
7 ef they of Silence, is Silence alfo, how can this be ?
; For if that which is ſold, is Silence, how can the
Price be {atisfi2d with the like retorn ? Very well,
for the benefit of ones Silence 1s repayed with that
; of anothers; for one replies not, becauſe the
_ other ſpeaks not, and all ſay do you be quiet,
"and we ſhall be filent, Then they paſled
hence to an Apothecaries Shop, where there was an
' Infeription written , Here is ſold the Quinteſſence of
Health ; a thing, ſaid Critilo, of no tmall Excel-
fence, ſo that he was importunate to know , what
: it was, which they told him was the Spittle of ones
Enemy. This, ſaid he, I ſhould rather call the
DQninteſſence of Poiſon, being more mortal and ve.
nemous, then the foam of the Bafilisk : for I ſhould
rather a Toad ſhould ſpit on me, a Scorpion ſting
/ me, a Viper bite me, then to be beſpattered with
the Froth of an enraged Enemy. The Sputtle of a
faichful and triic Friend 13 Ballamick, and the only
Remedy to cure our Infirmities. You do not yet
| well underſtand me, ſaid Egenio, for the flattery of g
Friend is a more dangerous Charm ; that Paſſion by
' which he encourages our faults, that afteCtion by
/ which he diſſembles our infirmities , and perſwades
/ ns that our Eſtate is better then 1c 1s, haſtens his
' Friend who is fick with the aboundant humours of
his fins into the Grave of his deſtru&tion, Believe
me
EE tr woes —_— —
|
(
The Spaniſh Critick, 239
me a true cenſure will better advantage him,though ”
diſtilled from a bitter Potion which an enemy ad-.| !
miniſters, for that ſcowers out the ſpots of his Ho- '/ |
nour and Repucation, and cleapſeth the ſtains of '
Fame; for as 1t takes off the acrimony of theenvyi-
ous from us, 1o it keeps us conſtant and cloſe to/
the line and point of Vertue and Reaſon. After,
this ſome others called them to another Shop inf
great haſte, for the Merchandize was almoſt all
{old and exhauſted, and that was Truth, and this was
the only time to buy it Of which asking the Price,
they told them, it was now given freely, bur here-
after the ſmalleſt quantity would be jneſtimable ,
and not to be ſold, though we would buy it with
our deareſt fight. Another cryed out heartily to
come and buy, for the longer they ſtayed, the more
they loſt, a Commodity which could never be pur-
chaſed hereiter, and no Pyice couldredeemIr, and
that was Time. Another cryed his Ware, which
he ſold for nothing, and the value great ; and that
was Admonition , a thing which Fools buy at their
own coſt, and the Wile at anothers, Where is
Experience fold , demanded Cririlo ? _ of an
ineſtimable value; and for that they directed him a ;
great way Off, to the Shop of Years. And where!
1s that of Friendſhip,demanded Amdrenio? This is not
bought, ſaid they, though many fell it : but bought
friends are not indeed ſuch, nor are they worth any
thing, In Letters of Gold in another place,was wrote,, |
Here are fold all things, and that for Nothing : Here |
I will go in, faid Crizi/o; but there they.found the |
Merchant ſo poor, that he was totally naked and
ſtripped of all, forſaken, and nothing in his Shop; |
Io they asked how his Dealing was correfpondent |
to his Motto ? Very well, replyed the PR |
at
; 24© The Spaniſh Critick.
_ V——
: do-thns7 is Maſter of the World , embraces all in
"his Arms, and he who contrariwiſe eſteems and
* adores them, 1s rather the Slave and Servant, then
| | Mafterof them. Hard by was wrote, He who
ſ] gives to another, beſtows on himſelf, and thoſe who re-
n ceive are obliged by the Gift. This they
' { Courteſie. ſuppoſed to be Courteſie, and civil
| reſpect which honours all the World.
| } Here is ſold}, cryed another, that-which is every.
\ { Mans own, and not anothers, This 4s not much,
! aid Andrenio. Yes, ſaid the Seller, but it is, for
' | many ſell that Diligence they perform not, and the
| favour and intereſt which they have with others,
and many times thoſe actions and labours they ne-
' ver ſweated or laboured for. Thus paſling from
one Shop to another , they met. with one, where
Merchants with much tronble and perplextity drove
away their Cuſtomers, and diſcouraged all that came
to trade with them. Do you ſell, or not, ſaid Andre-
1102 T never ſaw ſo abſurd an action, that the Mer-
chant ſhould deny acceſs to their Chapmen , and
-hinder their own Profit and Sales. What 1s it you
mean by this ? With which they uncivilly treated
them, and deſired them to be gone and Trade far-
her off, Do you ſell, ſaid he, or not 2 What is
t Fraud, or Poiſon ? Neither one, nor other
"Tather the moſt eſteemed Jewels of the World;
{7 Te it is Eſtimation it "ef, which a
Efim:ticn, referfednels_only. can preſerye;_fa-
it - millzrity deſtroyes it, ..and. intimate
| ſociety diſenobles.1ut; Thus is agreeable, ſaid Critilo,
to that Gying, That Honour inhabits at a diſtance, and
, » SI | that
ap
The Spaniſh Gritick. 2418
that there # no Prophet in his own Conntry ;, and that *
were the Stars themſelves fixed near us , they would in
few days looſe their Luſtre and Eſt:em ;, ſo antient years ©
are valued by the preſent, as the Sages of our times
will be the admiration of ſucceeding ages,
Yonder, ſaid Egerio, is a rich Jeweller, let us=
fo thither, wiiere perhaps we may buy ſome pre-!
tious Stones at a cheap Rate, in which are not on-
Luſtre, but Vertue alſo; being entered in, they
found the diſcreet Duke of Villa Hermoſa in perion
there, deſiring the Lapidary to ſhew him ſome of
the fineſt ſort, and of greateſt eſtimarion, He an-
fwercd that he would, for he had iome of great
Value and Price: and as all expected ſome rare ori-
ental Stone, ſome Diamond, or Emrod, whoſe ſpark- |
ling brightneſs chears up thoſe who behold it; he
dreiw- out a plece of black Jet, as dull and melan- |
choly as himſelf. This, ſaid he, excellent Sir, 1s a
Stone the moſt worth your eſtimation and value ;
in this hath Nature inſtilled the quinteſſence of Vir-
tie; into this hath the Sun, the Stars, the Elements,
conſpired to drop their moſt precious Spirits and -
influence. At theſe high expreſſions, they were all ;
amazed, and remained filent, giving way to the
diſcreet Duke to ſpend his Judgment; who replied,
What is it you mean by this? Is not this a pieceof
Jet ? What then can this Lapidary pretend by it?
What need is there of all theſe extravagant praiſes of
it ? Doth he take us for Indians? This, faid the :
Jeweller, 1s more precious then Gold , more prof. |
rable then Rubies, more bright then the Carbuncle :
Pearls are not to be compared with it, In fine, it
is the Stone of Stones. The Duke not being lon- |
ger able to let him run on in theſe extravagancies
Is-this more, faid he, then a piece of Jet? on
Hh plied
>
[
242 The Spariſb Critick.
plied he, Why: then do you give theſe exorbitant
commendations of it, for of what vertue or beauty
is this Stone? Or what Novelty or ſtrange effetts
have been found lately in it ? 1t is not pleaſing to
the fight, as thele of a ſhining and tranſparenc
| Luſter ; nor is it Phyſical or Medicinal, as the
| Emrod, nor Comfortable as the Diamond, nor
Purifies as the Saphyr, nor an Antidote againſt Ve-
noms, as the Bezar, nor can facilitate Birth like the
Eagles Stone, nor 1s a remedy to caſc Diſtempers;
— for what more then canit ſerve, then as toys for
(Children? Your Excellency, ſaid the Lapidary, muſt
pardon me, for it is only uſeful for Men, and thoſe
i f the wiſel Tretor Ravens Phclolophs Stone,
wine a Hecker) ao ng + a8T1ofruc
i the Precepts of
Sf NE Wo 4 TE TIE 1m
RIDIS Gon rue, 9-00. e. —— Free —— — —
— OO hn Soo ao o%
W000 eG IoeI—n— VERETER Ir oe oeIrs Ins Ao err oo
-
_——_— —— RS I. en... mts
Th Dares”, 4 : es which way to guide the
{An of -oretives;-- ?-by contem-
and” Feorning E eWorld t Dy eng 1g to it if
weaken our Sto-
FT nothing, that neither Cares ſho
mach;-nor Troubles tmake us ſtart from our Sleep
.\nor 28 fond Fools affelt the World too — bus
7*\to walk as fece and diſinſſaved , 2s the King of it,
.'made us; this is to live, this is a buſineſs in whoſe
T [right managernent the World is moſt ignorant. _
l —faidtie Dake; for | will chai
\ | Houle, and encloſcit iti themoft-fecrer Drawers of my
$5 "Here"is
4. —_— > .———
toid;-crytd one; 2 Soveraign re-
againſt" all Diſeaſes ; to which there crowded
| ſachs a multitude of Cuſtomers, that the Shop could
| not xeccive their Feet, but their Heads being em Pty,
; and without ſubſtance, wete more eaſily ons
| in 2 narrow compaſs. Andreyie impatient - Hur wn
to give him ſuddenly of that Mere ad
| 0 hsr tin Yes; for we Know aR-
The Spaniſh Critick. 243
of it,and therefore have Patience ; but
he preſently after again importuned pariexce.
them to diſpatch him, Sir, ſaid the
Merchant, have I not already given it to you? How
given it me? Yes, replied another, I am an eye-
witneſs of it. Andrexio growing angry hereat, |
denicd it with fury, It is true, replyed the Seller, |
though he hath no reaſon neither in what he faith, |
for though they have given it to him, yet he hath |
not received it z wherefore be patient and expett |
it: The Seller having thus wearied the expectation |
of his Cuſtomers, deſired them to retire, and give |
way for others, having that which they came for. |
What means this, replied Andrenio ? Do you affront |
us, ſee with what patience we attend, give us our |
deſires, and we ſhall ſoon depart. You may go,
faid the Merchant, for I have already given it you,
and that, twice, To me? You have only bid me:
have Patience. How pretious a Commodity, laugh-:
ing aloud, ſaid the Merchant," is this? Ttis fo adnu-
rable a remedy againſt al! diſaſtures, that all gene-
rally, from the King to the Peaſant, that are not
Maſters of it, 2re unarmed'Soldiers againſt the'
Worlds Revolutions. Here is, ſaid another, to be”
ſold what all the Riches of the World have not
value enough for to buy, Who then can trade for
it? Thoſe who will not looſe it, was replied. And
that is Liberty: a thing which we
ought moſt to eſteem ; for not to giberyy,
have our dependance on anothers
Will, eſpecially to be diſingaged from obedience to _
. an ignorant Ruler, or of him, whom we would be
" aſhamed to own, not only for onr Maſter, but for,
a Servant ; for there is no Pain nor trouble greater;
7 then to have men impoſe weights on our heads, and to
SAS S. maks
14
make them ſerve inſtead of Backs for Burden. Amidſt
Ef / this came in a Chapman into the Shop, who told
{|| / the Merchant he would ſell him his Ears; at which
| motion they all laughed; but Egenio eſpecially; who
| / informed them, that it was the principal thing, and
\ firſt that we ſhould buy; a thing as uſeful as any,
i! '" for as we have bought Tongues to keep ſilence, ſo
i let us buy Ears that we may not hear,which will be of
excellert uſe being ſet on the ſhoulders of a ſtrong Por-
;or Miller. In all this Fare, it was a rare ſight to
find one, who ſold his own Commodities ; things
| / alſo not eſteemed, for what they are, but for what
; they appeared, and Men not ſeeing, nor hearing
- with their own Eyes, and Fars, bat -with thoſe bor-
rowed from others; whoſe very Taſte was regu-
[| ; Jated by anothers Palate; and their whole Know. |
' . ledge and Judgment beholding to their own Credu-
j "| lity and others Information. But athing very much
| |. obſerved was, that the famous Men of the World ,
' . as Alexander, the two Ceſars, Fulins, and Auguſtus,
' and others of that Rank, and Order of time, to-
| gether with the Modetns, as the 1n-
| | Don Fobn of - Vincible Captain Don Fuar of Auſtria
\ | Aſtrlz, did much frequent a Shop on which
| there was no Inſcription ; their curio-
i | fity of knowing the myſtery thereof, and theunwil-
| Iingneſfs of the people to inform them what was to
| be fold, made them more deſirous and inquiſitive ;
beſides the Merchants were thoſe, who were the
; { moſt Diſcreet and Judicious. There muſt be ſome
; \deep myſtery in this, ſaid Crizilo ; and going to one
jof them, asked him privately, what was their fold ?
fea The $paniſh Critich,
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The Spaniſh Criticks 245
tal, Deifies their Memories, and makes them only{
known, and chronicled in the World; whilſt milli-!
ons belides are buried in perpetual oblivion; as if? |
they were notonly dead, but never had lived : all
confeſſed it was a pretious thing, ſaying, What an
excellent fancy had Frazcis the Firſt, Mathew Corvi-
15, and others, Tell - it there may be any lefc
for us? Yes, {aid they, there may be, upon condi-
tion you repay as much, —_ an of your own Sweat ;
for 10 mich as. a man i Tweats" with tits Induſtry and
Travel, ſo much” doth heobramof Fame-ana Tm-_ i]
mortality. The Vertue of Crim ſeemed deſerving
of it, to whom they gave a Glaſs of that Immorral
Liquor; who looking on it with much curioſity, be-
lieving to ſee the influence of the Stars {mile upon
It, or ſome quinteſſence of the Suns Rays, or ſome
diſtilled Spirits of Heaven, he found it to be no-
thing but 2 little Ink mingled with Oyl; and therefore
in contempt hewould have thrown it away,had n2t
Egenio hindered him; for know, ſaid he, that the
OzLof 1 the : SougEnrs Lamp, and the Ink of Hito-
Tians, mixed with the Sweat and Induſtry of famous
Worthies, and ſometimes with the Bloud of their
Wounds, compole an Immortality of Fame, In this
manner the Ink of Ceſar Deified Achilles, and that of
Virgil, Auguſtus , Ceſar was immortalized by his own,
that of Horace renowned his Mecayas, that of Fovi-
# his invincible Captain, the Ink of Peter Mathews,
”—
L
'
Hehry the Fourth of France; but the reaſon why all '
- arrive not to this pitch of excellency, is becauſe they
want ſucceſs in their Enterprizes,' or at leaſt the for-
tune of a good Hiſtorian to transfer them to Pojte-
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[1 Tiles Miles PG. Works without Words, fay-
ins" fns Deeds were Men, and words only
| Handriaids to them , or Servants of the Female:
[Le / EDT. Y Horace lays that the firſt" ſtep
to Wiſdom is to be free from Follh.
' * TSapienlia
| grime ej} Pitacas,another of the Wits of Greece,
| ftaltitis caru- moderated exorbitant Prices, and re-
| fe. ducing all things to the juſt 'ballance
of ne quid nimis, There were many
rcading an Inſcription, which was, Here # ſold the
Belt at a bad Price; but few came into the Shop.
10 not wonder, ſaid Fgenio, that this ſhould be a
Merchandize, ſo little eſteemed of in the World.
Some wiſe men, ſaid: the Merchant, FTace here by
"retnrni nz pood for bad, and thus employ their Ta-
lents' with-no” ftrall advantage and happy returns,
- Fhis 4s a place; fald"another;, negtefted by alt;-eve-
' ry one being ſifpitious, that he who is his greateſt
| Friend to day, will to morrow be
aw ucgy his Enemy 3 and indeed few Country -
' Spain, Men of Valemia enter here no more
ul then they do into the Shop of Secreſie,
'| At theend of all, there was a common Office, to
which all people applyed themſelves to know the
; Value and eſtimation of every Commodity, but the
| way and means how to priſe and rate them , was
odd and ſtrange, it being to beat them in pieces, to
| ſpoil, burn, and in fine, to deſtroy that which we
' moſt love, and value, as our Health, Eſtate , Ho-
| _— in ſhort, what is either dear or precious to
-, us: Isthis ( faid Andrexio the way to raiſe Eſtima-
| os ? Yes, replyed they for till our Folly hath made
us ſenſible of the-want of Goods, either of Na-
fure or Fortune., our. Judgments can neyer ſet the
i dae Price, and yalue upon them, it
The Spaniſh Critick; 247
At the requeſt of Axdrenio they pafled to the
other part of the Fare of Humane lite , notwitn»
ſtanding the unwillingneſs of Critilo to be drawn
witt'them, for oftentimes to pleaſe Fools, Wiſe
men err: On this ſide there were many Shops ot /
different conditions each from the other. The firit
Inſcription was, Here4s ſold him who buys. | This 1s
the firſt ſtep to Folly, ſaid Critilo. And pray God
it proves not nuſchieyous to us, replyed Egenio. Not-
withſtanding which ſaying, Axdrenio had precipita-
ted himſelf zn, had not they pulled .him back, /
warning him of the danger, and that his entrance /
there was the Gate to Captivity. To confirm which |
they ſaw ſome afar off, and thoſe none of their /
{malleſt Friends , captivated in Chains, and ſold :
Slaves to unworthy Maſters,On another Shop it was?”
written, Here # ſold that which is given, Which :
ſome guelied to be rewards. Others the remune.. !
ration and Preſents of theſe times. Without doubt,
ſaid Andrenio, it muſt be that which 1s given, and
beſtowed too late, which is as much as not to pive,
and deſerves a thanxleſs return, No, ſaid Critilo, '
it may be Gifts, or Alms, bought with Demands ;
for Requeſts coſt a certain reluCtancy of Nature ,
fearing to receive the diſcourteſic of a denial. Bur
Egento ſaid, they were the Gifts of this vile World.” :
How bad a Merchandiſe 1s this, cryed one at the:
Gate ; but however they were impatient to enter]
in, and when they returned again, they complained
of molt accurſed Warez for if you polleſs it not,
you are tormented with a deſire to enjoy it ; when|
you have it, your care to keep it, is troubleſome ;
and when you looſe it, you conſummate all |
your miſery with vexation, They obſerved
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another Shop full of nothing but empty Glaſſes,
and Cheſts, and yet full of People. To'this hurly-
barly and croud came Andrenio, and asked, ſeeing
# nothing;what was ſold there? They anſwered Wind
and Air, and ſomething elſe, both of leſs ſubſtance
t. and advantage. Andis there any that will buy it ?
{ Yes, faid they, and ſome are ſo covetous of it, that
* they eſteem their whole Eſtates too ſmall a Price
; wherewith to purchaſe it. That Cheſt yonder 1s
| filled with Flatteries, and fold at the higheſt Rate,
{ In that Glaſs are words the Price unyaluablez In
that Boy is a Conſerve of Favours, generally asked
for. and demanded ; That vaſt Trunk is ſivelled with
Falfity, a Commodity of more Demand then Truths,
| eſpecially if Craft and Cunning can for three days
conceal the Fallacy. As the Italian ſaith, In tempo
di guerra bugia, cometerra. Is it poſſible, conſidered
! Critilo, that any man ſhould buy Air, and pay him-
ſelf with it too? Do you wonder at
\ AI Air. this, faid they, What 1s there in the
| World but Air, take that from Man,
4 and yon ſhall ſoon ſee what then remains. And yet
| here is ſold ſomething leſs then Air, which notwith-
ſtanding is very ſatisfatory., and Men are paid ſut-
ficiently with it ; for there they ſaw a young ſmock-
| fac'd Lad, aftually dealing out man and rich Jewels,
Careſſes, and Gallantries, which always go together,
| to an ugly Jade, of whom he was enamoured ; and
being asked what he thought pleaſing or amiable
in her, He anfivered, a certain Meen and little Air
ſhe had, An1 is it but a little Air, ſaid Crztilo, and
-| yet is it capable to enkindle ſo mnch Fire ? There
was another Fellow, that was delivering out many
Ducats, to ſome, that ſhould kill his Adverſary ; and
ſatd one to him, Sir, what hurt hath he done wa ?
ec the + :
The Spaniſh Critick. 249
Done me, ſaid he, he hath not done much 3; but
there was a kind of word which he ſpake; ——
What was it, Affrontive ? No, ſaid he, but yet me- |
thought, he ſpake it in a certain Manner, and Air,
that offended me much, Alas, ſaid Critilo, is it not
ſo much as Air, which is likely to coſt you and him
ſo dear ? here was one great Prince to be ſeen
that conſumed all his Eſtate and Revenue in Para-
ſites, and Buffoons; and- he ſaid, he did it becauſe -
he was pleaſed with their Geſtures, their Faſhion ,
and Behaviour; and in that manner at a dear rate
are ſold the Puntillio's of Honour, the Vanities of
the Mode, the Air of Songs, 2nd a Debonaire Be-
haviour. -
But that which was beyond all admiration, was
a certain Woman ſo fierce, that ſhe run through the
Market like an infernal Fury, ſcratching and tearing
all that came to her Shop, crying out, Who buys
Sorrows, Head-aches, Potions to break Sleep, bad
Dinners, and worſe Suppers; and yet whole Armies
entered in, and the worſt was, that when they came
to number them, few remained alive, and {uch as
did, came forth all beſmeared with Bloud, and with
more Stabs and Wounds then Mar-
uis Borro ; and notwithſtanding ſuch Agarguys
as ſaw theſe paſſages, and newly came, Borro.
did not forvear to enter in. Critilo
was ſtartled to behold ſo much Cruelty. See, ſaid
Egenio, how many Evils entice and enſnare poor |
ankind, Gold moves his Avarice, Delight attects
his Luxury, Honours raiſe his Ambition, Meats plealc
his Gluttony, Eaſe cheriſhes his Sloth , only Anger
affords naught but Blows, Wounds, and Death,
- and yet many Fools and Mad-men purchaſe it at the -
deareſt Rate.
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.250 The Spaniſh Critick.
There ſtood another making an Outcry, Here are fold
? Bonds and Fetters of Matrimony.Some came tocheapen
' them, and asked whether they were Bands of Iron, or
' Women ? That 1s all one, faid he, for they Hoth hold
falt alike, and for their Price, you may have them
for nothing, or ſomcthing lr ls, How ca" that be,
| ſaid one? whar lefs then othing ? It muſt certainly
| be a bad fort of Merchanilize. What, \\/omen ?
| and thoſe cryed too, conſidered another : for my
| part I will have none of them, neither ſeen, nor un-
| fro known nor unknown. Howlo- ver there came
one, and he demanded 2 handſome Wife, which
they ſold him at the Price of an Aching- hea 4, and
the Match-monger aſſared Im, that
Marrings. the firſt day would bc his own
| happineſs, but that for otner days he
muſt be content to ſhare them with other Men. An-
7 other came, who was well warned hereby, and he
| would have an ugly Wife, And for this, ſaid the
Seller, you ſhall pay with a perperual trouble, They
invited a 'onng Men paſſing'by to take -a- Wile,
bit FE anſwered, that it was too early. yct tor him;
7
; AnQa5king the fame of _an_anticnt Man, and he faid _
{it was too late. -But when another , who thought
* he- Hx& more diſcretion then the reſt, asked for 4
Wiſe Woman; they bronght him out a moſt 111-
_favoured Creature; a!l Bones and Tongue. But
fa1d one wiſer then he, Let me, good Sir, have on
that 15 agreeable to me in all things; for 1l am a
ſured that a Woman. is the other half of a Man ;
for that at firft they were both really one, till God
; ſeparated them for not -obeying; his Divine -Com-
/ mand z and this is the cauſe why man ſeeking his
/ other half,”-13-tranfported-with a vehement propens
lty cowards the Female Sex, You have fome-rea»
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The Spaniſh Critick, 252
ſon, anſwered they, but it is very difficult for eve.
ry one to find his other half, for all things are con-
fuſed and ſhuffled together ; ſo that the half which
belongs to the Chollerickman, we give to the Phleg-
matick, that of the Melancholy to the Chearful ,
that of the Handſome to the Hard-favoured , and '
ſometimes that of a young Man of Twenty, to an .
old decrepid Dotard of Seventy ; which is the oc-
caſion that moſt married Men Vig_in 3 repenting
ſtate. But MF, Matchmonger by your leave, ſai
&7tilo, you have no excuſe in this, for the inequa-
lity is ſufficiently apparent between fifteen years and
ſeventy. What would you have me do, replied he,
they are blind, and will have it fo, and the reaſon |
hereof is, Sir, becauſe that they, being Girls, deſire | -
ſpeedily to be Women, and the Men being old ;
and doating, turn Children, and as ill luck will |
have it, when they have not young Men by their :
ſides, they are diſpleaſed *to have ſuch lie by them, *
who are troubled with Coughs , Ptiſicks, and
Rheumes, But as to this Woman now, there is no
remedy, take her as you deſired ; but the Chapman |
reviewing her again, found that ſhe came ſhort in .
two or three particulars, both as to her Age ,, her
Quality, and her Riches, and willing then to dif-
claim his Bargain, declared ſhe was not agreeable
to his deſire. : Take her however, ſaid he, for in
time you may accommodate her to your Mind, for |
. otherwiſe ſhe may. become much worſe ; but have a *
care you afford her not all that is neceſſary,” for
in giving_ her that, ſhe will quicktycome'to arro- ;
gate that, which is ſuperfluous. One being invi-
ted to fee a Wife, was much priſeTor ic an,
That he woiltt not-choofe-a Wife by his Eyes, oa
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_— The Speziſh Critick.
his Ears, and 1n reward thereof obtained one,
o had 2-good. Fame for her Dowry.
At length they were invited to ,® Houſe of
Good Chear, where there was a Banquet prepa-
xed, This muſt be the quarter of Gluttony, ſaid
Andrenio. It may be fo, replied Criti/o, but thoſe
that enter ſeem the Eaters, and thoſe that go forth
appear to be the Meat that is devoured : and here
were rare Sights, for there was a great Lord ſet up
in State, encircled with Gentlemen, intermixed with
Dwarfs, Buffoons, and Flatterers , like the Ark
| of he eats well, but the account was large,
for they avouched that he had eaten One hundred
thouſand Ducats a year Rent, which account was
pore without any queſtion or - ſcruple. Critilo COn-
idering hereof, ſaid, how can this be? for he hath
| not eaten the hundred part of what they pretend.
| It is true, replied Egenio, but what he hath not de-
| voured, theſe have. Then according hereunto, ſaid
; he, let them not ſay, that ſuch a Duke hath a hun-
| dred thouſand Crowns a year, but only a thouſand,
and that the reſt only conſiſts in troubles and vexa-
tions of Mind, There was a fart of people like
Camelions, that ſucked in Air, and pretended that
they grew fat with 1t, but at length all vaniſhed in-
to Air. Some cat all , and ſome drank all, ſome
ſucked in their Spittle, and others chewed upon an
Onion; andatlength thoſe that eat were eaten them-
ſelves, and that to the very Bone, In all theſe Shops
was ſold nothing of ſubſtance, or true benefit ; how-
! |ffoever on the right hand , were Wares of
,F preffous quality,and Truths of the pureſt Touch,,.
whrichwerefodrowtens own ſelves; ſuch. as thele,
be Wiſe man is with bimſelf, and God is All-ſ# cio.
n
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The Spaniſh Critick, 252
In this manner they came out from the Fare, dif.
courſing \as they went. Egenio being other then
what he was before, becauſe now rich, intended to
return to his Lodging, for in this life, we have no +
Houſe, or abiding Manſion. "But Crizilo and Andre. ©
nio reſolved to paſs the Gates of Virile Agein Ara-
gon, of which the famous King gave this teſtimo-/
ny, that he was born to make as many Knights of Se.
Fago, as ſhould be Conquerors of ſeveral Kingdoms,
and comparing the ſeveral Countries of Spain to
the different Ages of Man, attributed the robuſtious
and manly Age to that of Aragon.
254 The Spaniſh Critick.
The Concluſion;
| Being the Univerſal Reformation.
Th Mep change their inclinations every ſeven
years; how much more muſt their Judgments
| alter in every Period of their four Ages, He that
underſtands little, or nothing, lives but by haltes
| the Faculties of our Souls are feeble in our infancy ;
| and the common or inferiour, as well as the more
| hoble” Powers lic buried in an unſenſible Infancy,
| exerciſing only an animal Life, and encreaſing with
| a Vegetation like Flowers, or Plants. But the time
,comes when the Soul proceeding out of its Mantles,
enters into the Jovial Stage of Youth, which being
/Senſual and Luxurious, - moſt naturally expreſſed
y ſuch Epithites. He that underſtands little, 1n-
[ge his Genius,” an eTRen-rHiol: Inclinations,
' to "Which Youth. as pthim, ncgleting.
| the uſe of the ſublimer "caries Howſoever
% VI
Life which appertains to Man z his Judgment
' being awakened , he reaſons, and diſcourſes
If deſi ires to. be eſteemed, thirſts af-
| The Employ-* : ter great Actions , embraces Vertue,
| 0 heh Ho ' erſſtivates Friendſhips, purſues Know-
| ; . . ledge; treafures up Wiſdom, and at-
tends
The Spaniſh Critick. 255
tends to every noble and worthy Aftion, He thar
head ww we
compared the life of Marj"t6 the Twift curtent of a *
Stream, did apply an apt fimilitude rightly fitted to
| the tranſient condition of Humane na-
The Life of ture, which glides away like a paſſing
lan compere® Water, For Infancy isa lively Brook
ſpringing from amidit little Sands, the
Muck of our Bodies being produced from the Duſt
of nothing. It twinkles as bright as a little ſpark,
it ſmiles, but doth not laugh, it runs after the little
bubbles of Wind,” tumbles amongſt the Pots, and
binds it felf with the green Stays with which the
Nurſe keeps It from falling. But Youth allies forth
like an impetuous Torrent, runs, leaps, precipitates
its Waters like Catarats, bubbles on the looſe
Pebbles, turns into a thouſand Eddies, troubles the
clearneſs of its Streams, and caſts all into Froth, and
Fume, But the fury of this Brook tumbling into the
Age of Manhood, glides then with a more quiet,
Stream, and is as ſmooth, and ſtill, as it is deep: ;
It then diffuſes it ſelf withont noiſe towards ſome.
good end or deſign; it overflows the Meadows to |
make them fertile and rich; it encompaſles Cities, *
to carry their Veſſels of Proviſions, and fortifie
them againſt their Enemies; and in ſhort enriches
whole Provinces with all things neceſlary and uſe-
ful. But alas! at length this placid River comes |
to diſcharge it ſelf into the froward Sea | of Old:
age, emptying every drop of it ſelf into the pro-
found Abylis of Infirmities, and Diſeaſes: Here it is
wherein Rich men looſe the vigonr of their ſtrength, |
their pleaſures, and the remembrance of their very {
names: Here it is wherein the ſhattered Veſſel drives
to Leeward, leaking ig a hundred places; and be-
k
4
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\
;
ing beaten on all ſides with Guſts, and Storms, is at !
length!
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"256 The 8paniſh Critick.
' length caſt away, being ſhipwracked in the Gulf of
; the Grave, and ſwallowed up in the Sands of per-
; petual Oblivion.
' Critilo and Andrenio, Our two Pilgrims of Life,
; were now arrived in Aragon, which Travellers cal),
' The Gord Spain, where being entered,
; they found themlſclyes ingaged in the Aragon the
| greateſt ſtage and courſe of Humane Good Spain.
: life. They had now inſenſibly pa
' fed the chearful and pleaſant Fields of Youth ; and
the plain and wanton Paths of Delight, and were
aſcending upwards of the ſteep Mount of Manly
; age, which was full of ſharp Rocks, covered over
; With Briersand Thorns, andin every reſpect a moſt
' difficult, and troubleſome paſlage. Angrenio,like ſuch
who would ariſe unto Yertue, ſtrained hard to mount
| aloft, he laboured and ſweat, and was out of breath;
Whilſt Crai/o encouraged him with prudent remem-
' brances, and comforting him in a way where no
| Flowers grew, with the proſpect of Trees above
EO laden a harael with Fruit which were more
plentiful, and in greater abundance, then the leaves
; of thoſe Books which they carried in their hands.
-» At length they were got ſo high, that they ſeemed to
; ' be raiſed above all that this World contains, and to
rule and govern inferiour things, What is your
Opinion, faid Critilo, of this new Region ? Donot
=» you think that we do now breath in a more pure
| Air? Yes indeed, replied Andrexio, methinks we
; Now carry another ſort of Air with us. We are
; entered into a good ſtation, where we may repoſe,
; and recover our ſtrength. Let us now refle@, ſaid
; Critilo, on the Journy which we have made. Do
not you obſerve thoſe green and trampled - paths,
| which we have left benind us, how mean, _
vie,
The Spaniſh Critick; 25
vile do all thoſe matters ſeem , which we have al.
| ready palled? How childiſh and vain appears eve-
ry thing in reſpect of that great Province into which
we are now entred? How empty and void dopaſt/
matters appear? How little do they ſhow from our:
ſublime place of reſidence? It were a madneſs to
; return to them again by the ſame ſteps which have |
wearied us already without ſatisfattion or content- |
ment. And here we will leaye our Pilgrims in the |
Confines of Aragon, having attained to the Virile, |
and robuſtious Age of Manhood, |
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